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TikTok

The RESTRICT Act is more bad news for TikTok

By Sara Morrison March 29

The “You’re doing it wrong”-ification of TikTok

By Anna North March 24

3 winners and 3 losers from Congress’s TikTok hearing

By Sara Morrison and Christian Paz March 23

9 questions about the threats to ban TikTok, answered

By Sara Morrison, Christian Paz, and 1 more March 23

Is TikTok too big to ban?

By Sara Morrison March 21

TikTok isn’t really limiting kids’ time on its app

By Sara Morrison March 2

Inside the lonely and surprisingly earnest world of political TikTok

By Christian Paz February 3

TikTok’s master plan to win over Washington

By Sara Morrison February 2

Behind the scenes at TikTok as it campaigns to change Americans’ hearts and minds

By Shirin Ghaffary February 2

Lucky girl syndrome and the endless rebranding of “The Secret”

By Rebecca Jennings February 1

“Hater” doesn’t have to be a dirty word

By Rebecca Jennings January 18

Sleazeballs are hot again

By Rebecca Jennings January 4

Good luck explaining a TikTok ban to young people

By Christian Paz December 24, 2022

The irresistible voyeurism of “day in my life” videos

By Rebecca Jennings December 21, 2022

The US government’s TikTok ban is more complicated than it sounds

By Sara Morrison December 20, 2022

Maybe Trump was right about TikTok

By Sara Morrison December 13, 2022

NASA’s rules for astronaut posting: No TikTok, don’t embarrass us

By Rebecca Heilweil November 16, 2022

TikTok won’t stop serving me horror and death

By Sara Morrison October 26, 2022

So your kid wants to be an influencer

By Rebecca Jennings August 31, 2022

Where we’re spending our screentime, in 3 charts

By Peter Kafka and Rani Molla August 31, 2022

“Scary easy. Sketchy as hell.”: How startups are pushing Adderall on TikTok

By Sara Morrison August 29, 2022

TikTok is great for spreading political messages — and conspiracy theories

By Rebecca Jennings August 17, 2022

How the internet broke the calendar

By Rebecca Jennings August 10, 2022

Instagram is once again in its flop era

By Rebecca Jennings August 3, 2022

TikTok is full of shady secret advertisements

By Sara Morrison July 11, 2022

It’s TikTok’s world. Can TV live in it?

By Peter Kafka June 22, 2022

We tracked what happens after TikTok songs go viral

By Estelle Caswell May 31, 2022

Where teen influencers go to become actors

By Rebecca Jennings March 15, 2022

A day in the digital life of an internet it-girl

By Rebecca Jennings March 8, 2022

War TikTok is a mess

By Rebecca Jennings March 1, 2022

I’m a creator. You’re a creator. We’re all creators!

By Rebecca Jennings February 22, 2022

Crypto, for cool girls

By Rebecca Jennings February 15, 2022

The internet turned “money” into a hobby

By Rebecca Jennings February 8, 2022

Facebook is shrinking

By Shirin Ghaffary February 2, 2022

Fashion is just TikTok now

By Rebecca Jennings February 1, 2022

You go viral overnight. Now how do you get rich?

By Rebecca Jennings January 25, 2022

Stop canceling normal people who go viral

By Rebecca Jennings January 21, 2022

The misery of the Hype House

By Rebecca Jennings January 11, 2022

The exhausting concept of the “2022 rebrand”

By Rebecca Jennings January 4, 2022

The year of garbage internet trends

By Rebecca Jennings December 21, 2021