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March 29, 2023
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Matt Ford
Congress Wants to Ban TikTok. The Courts Might Have Other Ideas.
The Chinese social media app has a powerful ally in its fight against the political establishment: The First Amendment.
March 24, 2023
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Tori Otten
TikTok Is a Problem—but Not Our Biggest Social Media Problem
The TikTok hearing in Congress revealed more about U.S. data privacy laws than anything else.
March 23, 2023
Tori Otten
The Wildest Things Members of Congress Said During the TikTok Hearing
“Does TikTok access the home Wi-Fi network?”
March 21, 2023
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Grace Segers
Fear the Wrath of the TikTok Voter
As lawmakers in Washington ponder banning the app, they could be courting a substantial backlash from a key voting bloc—and one party could suffer the brunt of it.
January 30, 2023
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Timothy Noah
Stop Whining About Celebrity Nepotism
Of course celebrities’ kids are more likely to become celebrities. What’s wrong with our society’s economic structure is different, and deeper.
January 7, 2023
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Jason Linkins
The Viral Stupidity of Politicians’ TikTok Bans
Lawmakers across the country are looking to kill off the social media platform for many of the same sins that Big Tech commits regularly.
September 7, 2022
Podcast
The Politics of Everything
Sick Talk on TikTok
We pay more attention when influencers are hospitalized after something they ate. But foodborne illness is incredibly common in the United States. Why is that?
Audio playback is available for this article
September 21, 2020
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Jacob Silverman
Trump’s Misguided, Jingoistic War Against TikTok
The real enemy of privacy isn’t China. It’s Big Tech.
August 4, 2020
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Jacob Silverman
TikTok and America’s Bleak Techno-Nationalism
The app’s acquisition might be good for Microsoft. But what about the rest of us?
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