Tik Tok

Looming TikTok Ban Gives Young Voters Another Beef With Biden

Legislation restricting the app is popular, but many users feel betrayed; ‘I think they are underestimating the fallout’

How TikTok Lost the War in Washington

Combination of coordinated efforts by its critics and missteps by the company led to the law forcing a sale or ban of the popular app

TikTok Ban: Great for Meta and Google, OK for Snap and Bad for Oracle

By Dan Gallagher If TikTok actually gets banned in the U.S., expect the benefits to mostly accrue to those who need them the least. The House passed a measure over the weekend that would require either the divestiture or ban of the Chinese-owned social media app within a year. The Senate is widely expected to approve the measure, […]

U.S.-China Internet War Intensifies as House Passes TikTok Ban

The measure, requiring ByteDance to sell the popular app or stop operating in the U.S., now heads to the Senate; TikTok’s general counsel to step down

We Aren’t Posting on Social Media as Much Anymore. Will We Ever?

Excessive ads, bots and misinformation have sucked the fun out of sharing publicly, users say

How TikTok Brings War Home to Your Child

The popular app can feed young users a stream of intense, polarized and hard-to-verify videos about the Israel-Hamas war

Stay-at-Home Girlfriends Are Having a Moment

Social media offers a Gen-Z take on life outside the workforce, with minimal housework and maximal self-care: ‘It’s really not what it seems’

Will Livestreaming Be TikTok’s Amazon-Killer?

TikTok is moving aggressively into e-commerce—a space where its Chinese equivalent is massively successful

Osama bin Laden, Antisemitism and a Viral Tweet: Why TikTok Is Facing Its Biggest Threat

Critics are renewing calls for a ban, saying the app is anti-Israel, which the company denies