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TikTok’s most famous teen is facing a harsh backlash for dubious reasons.

An artist’s song went viral because everyone hated it. Welcome to Cringe TikTok.


Democrats are paying attention after a surprising number of Latino voters in swing states supported Trump.


Teens on TikTok are creating a new visual language, one that involves nose scrunches, fish lips, and plenty of irony.


The company that’s famous for being a public platform is trying something more private.


President Obama loved the internet. Now he has second thoughts.


Surprise! The Trump administration doesn’t seem serious about banning TikTok after all.


A politician was accused of using a fake burner account for a gay Black Trump supporter. That’s when things got weird.


America’s polarization problem is bigger than we thought it would be.


Plus, will the internet go back to being normal now?


Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are bracing for more misinformation.


The only escape from the longest week in history was memes.


Videos questioning the election results are racking up hundreds of thousands of views.


Stop the Steal gained more than 350,000 members on Facebook in less than a day.


False claims, retweeted by the president, about the Michigan vote tabulation exploited a counting error that’s been resolved.