Might be my sampling bias but where ever I go, I see kids of all ages with their friends who actively swear in public. Teens, youths and adults who cuss in every sentence too. But whenever I watch a youtube video or some tv series, suddenly it’s a taboo to have any cuss words just because it’s not family friendly?
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It’s an artifact from TikTok.
TikTok has in the past, and continues to use, filters on content that may remove content or limit who sees it for things like profanity, reference to violence, sex, suicide or pornography. In addition to real filters there were assumptions or rumors about things people assume might be removed or limited. It became popular to use particular euphemisms and workarounds on the platform and because the platform is so popular with youth, some of those conventions bled out into other media. Partially because a lot of creators post the same content across different platforms, including TikTok and Youtube, and partly because young people got used to it and it simply became part of their communication pattern in online spaces.
EDIT: I took OP’s question, and the word “today” to mean they were asking about recent specific trends in self censorship in social media content, not the origins of not showing swears in media. TikTok is a major wellspring of the particular way a lot of young people sidestep particular words. if that’s not the question as intended, ok.
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