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To cybersecurity experts, the issue isn’t so black and white.

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Plus, cursed Lin-Manuel Miranda selfies!

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Plus, Chinese street style fancams!

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Plus, the uncanny world of “boyfriend TikTok.”

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Plus, why India is banning the app.

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Move over boomers, millennials are Gen Z’s newest favorite target.

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This week in TikTok: A viral song sums up brands’ BLM postsThis week in TikTok: A viral song sums up brands’ BLM posts
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Surprised that TikTok has gotten political? You shouldn’t be.

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This week in TikTok: 7 videos to watch about this weekend’s protestsThis week in TikTok: 7 videos to watch about this weekend’s protests
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Plus, “OK wallet.”

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This week in TikTok: Why are celebrities being so weird in quarantine?This week in TikTok: Why are celebrities being so weird in quarantine?
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Plus, “OK wallet.”

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Plus, how roller skating became the official sport of quarantine.

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This week in TikTok: Pancake cereal, the newest viral foodThis week in TikTok: Pancake cereal, the newest viral food
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Plus, people are finding new ways to be thirsty for Timothée Chalamet.

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This week in TikTok: The racism scandal among the app’s top creatorsThis week in TikTok: The racism scandal among the app’s top creators
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Plus, how high schoolers are turning to TikTok in lieu of prom.

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This week in TikTok: When doctors and nurses go viralThis week in TikTok: When doctors and nurses go viral
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Health care workers are learning TikTok dances, too.

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This week in TikTok: Internet fame under quarantineThis week in TikTok: Internet fame under quarantine
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An interview with a 17-year-old TikToker who has 4 million followers.

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This week in TikTok: Maybe don’t do the “mugshot challenge”This week in TikTok: Maybe don’t do the “mugshot challenge”
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Plus, why TikTok is irreplaceable.

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This week in TikTok: Some wholesome family quarantine contentThis week in TikTok: Some wholesome family quarantine content
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This week in TikTok: A whole bunch of quarantine hair experimentsThis week in TikTok: A whole bunch of quarantine hair experiments
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People on TikTok are dyeing their hair and cutting bangs, because why not.

By Rebecca Jennings
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What we can learn from quarantine videos around the worldWhat we can learn from quarantine videos around the world
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People in Wuhan and Italy have been making TikToks of life in isolation, and are showing the rest of the world what’s to come.

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This week in TikTok: Bored teens are making self-isolation contentThis week in TikTok: Bored teens are making self-isolation content
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This week in TikTok: All coronavirus, all the timeThis week in TikTok: All coronavirus, all the time
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Odd Job: This guy got a million TikTok followers. Now he tells brands how to do the same.Odd Job: This guy got a million TikTok followers. Now he tells brands how to do the same.
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He’s making $10,000 a month!

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This week in TikTok: What happens after viral fame?This week in TikTok: What happens after viral fame?
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What happens when TikTok fame fades?What happens when TikTok fame fades?
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A social media app has never turned kids into celebrities — or has-beens — faster.

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This week in TikTok: How a dance goes viralThis week in TikTok: How a dance goes viral
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Jalaiah Harmon’s the Renegade shows how dancers can get credit for their work on TikTok.

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The gossip accounts telling you which TikTok star is dating which YouTuber
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They just might be the future of media.

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