TikTok


Are they harming the investigation — or just doing the same thing as CNN?


Are the new owners censoring you, or are they just bad at running the app?


President Trump helped create a US version of the app, which now appears to be censoring people.


The government shutdown and the new war on food stamps.


A youth gently explains the phenom for elderly millennials.


The self-help mantra that’s helping young people navigate their economic anxiety.


Many used to worry about China’s power over the app — but American control is troubling, too.


Larry Ellison, Oracle, and Trump’s potential TikTok deal, explained.


Remember the TikTok ban? There’s a new deadline coming up.


A truly scary new revelation about Trump’s effort to circumvent the TikTok ban.


The future of the internet is a slop-filled infinite scroll. How do we reclaim our attention?


Why you should make your phone boring.


The end of one wildly popular platform is a chance to overhaul the broken social media industry.


Nothing in the Court’s TikTok opinion should surprise anyone who has followed the case.


If you’re a professional TikTok creator, it’s probably time to get a new job.


The Supreme Court case asking if the government can ban TikTok is easier than it looks.


The federal law targeting TikTok takes effect January 19. The Supreme Court appears likely to resolve this case by then.


TikTok faces an impending court decision this week. But the fight might not end there.


TikTok probably can’t teach you to game the financial system like a rich person, but it might teach you crime.


Social media is just one big shopping mall.

TikTok has made itself into a hub for Gen Z political expression. But as Zoomers change politics, how is the app changing them?


What is the Kids’ Online Safety Act, and why should you care about it?


Was this book the reason TikTok is getting banned in the US? No, but ads saying so sold a lot of copies.

TikTok has made itself into a hub for Gen Z political expression. But as Zoomers change politics, how is the app changing them?


Biden has signed a bill to ban TikTok. But it’s not over yet.


Former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is among those lining up to buy TikTok if Congress enacts a law that forces its Chinese owner to sell.


The app skews younger, its users appear more politically polarized, and its user base is changing.


The US House passed a bill that could ban the social video app, but sending TikTok into the ether won’t make social media any safer


TikTok accounts are using audio from a banned wellness coach to sell salt and castor oil.


Why Taylor Swift, Drake, and Bad Bunny have been muted on TikTok dance videos.


An expert explains what TikTok’s true love litmus test is really all about.


Starbucks’s messy December, explained.

Americans are having smaller families. Why are we obsessed with large ones?

Castor oil won’t dissolve cysts and tumors. Some creators on TikTok Shop are earning commissions by suggesting otherwise.


The new Shop feature appears to be transforming the entire app experience.


How fancy chefs and the Food Network became the old guard of food media.

The borax challenge is spreading to Facebook now, too.


TikTok isn’t the way I want the internet to work, but it’s where the internet is going.

At Cannes Lions, the year’s biggest ad event, you couldn’t escape talk of ChatGPT or Midjourney, even at the yacht parties.

