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  1. tiktok
    A content creator on TikTok, holds a sign outside the U.S. Supreme Court Building
    How Long Will TikTok Return For? UpdatesThe app is back after Trump promised to order a temporary reprieve.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  2. tiktok
    TikTok shut down in US following ban
    Tell Me You’re Grieving TikTok Without Telling Me You’re Grieving TikTokWatching TikTok get banned, then agonizing over its possible comeback, feels simultaneously embarrassing and devastating.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  3. screen time
    The Chaos Lurking in Apple’s Most-Popular Apps ListStability has reigned for a while, but next year promises to change all that.
    By John Herrman
  4. the law
    Lawmakers Hold News Conference Opposing TikTok Legislation
    The TikTok Ban Just Got One Step Closer to RealityA federal appeals court upheld the law that would restrict the app within the country’s borders.
    By Michael Savio
  5. screen time
    Will Donald Trump Save TikTok?The once and future president has had a self-serving change of heart about the app.
    By John Herrman
  6. influencers
    Chef Bae Finds a New OccupationAn American influencer in Israel.
    By Matt Stieb
  7. encounter
    He’s Huge in HospitalsWill Flanary is your doctor’s favorite TikToker.
    By Juno DeMelo
  8. screen time
    TikTok Reaches for the ConstitutionThe app’s complicated relationship with free speech might be its last hope
    By John Herrman
  9. screen time
    The Secret Weakness of TikTok’s All-Powerful AlgorithmThe social-media giant is paying a price for its own mythmaking.
    By John Herrman
  10. screen time
    X’s New Video Strategy Is a Pivot to NowhereThe social-media platform is going video-first by posting every other platform’s videos last.
    By John Herrman
  11. screen time
    Why the TikTok Ban Is Scrambling WashingtonBoth parties seem unable to take a clear position on it — but the ban might pass anyway. Three theories of the case.
    By John Herrman
  12. the national interest
    Trump Meets TikTok Investor, Suddenly Doesn’t Want to Ban ItThe former president’s stunning reversal on the Chinese-owned app.
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. screen time
    TikTok Seems Pretty Worried About Getting BannedTikTok’s prompt asking users to lobby Congress on its behalf kind of broke TikTok — and Congress.
    By John Herrman
  14. screen time
    Joe Biden’s TikTok TroublesThe president has problems with young voters that won’t be solved by posting more.
    By John Herrman
  15. screen time
    Big Tech Still Has a Big Addiction to ChinaAmerica’s tech giants have made a show of distancing themselves from China, but in many ways their dependence on it has actually grown.
    By John Herrman
  16. screen time
    What I Learned Selling a Used Pencil on TikTok ShopIt was supposed to be a test. Suddenly hundreds of people were watching. What’s going on here?
    By John Herrman
  17. on with kara swisher
    Congressman Mike Gallagher on Why TikTok Is Still a ThreatThe GOP lawmaker tells Kara Swisher that national security is more important than young voters’ feelings.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  18. screen time
    Is Bin Laden Really Going Viral With the Kids?An investigation.
    By John Herrman
  19. on with kara swisher
    Navigating the Digital Fog of the Israel-Hamas WarKara Swisher talks with three veterans of the disinformation war about how to tell what’s real and who is behind the viral content that isn’t.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  20. screen time
    Would Anyone Really Want to Pay for TikTok?Social-media companies are suddenly interested in subscriptions, but they may be misunderstanding their audience.
    By John Herrman
  21. screen time
    Lies, Damned Lies, and Social-Media MetricsThose view counts on Twitter, TikTok, and Netflix? Be very skeptical.
    By John Herrman
  22. the capitol
    How TikTok Beat the Ban (for Now)Earlier this spring, Democrats and Republicans came together to call for a crackdown. It was never going to be that easy.
    By Andrew Rice
  23. just asking questions
    The Grim New Consensus on Social Media and Teen DepressionPsychologist Jean Twenge discusses all the evidence that Instagram and TikTok are making kids miserable.
    By Benjamin Hart
  24. screen time
    Is Temu the Future of Buying Things?Imagine if Amazon and TikTok had a baby.
    By John Herrman
  25. on with kara swisher
    Brooke Shields on the Sexualization Girls Face on Social MediaKara Swisher talks to the actress about her documentary and how her daughters view what she endured as a young girl in Hollywood.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  26. screen time
    Why Every App Now Feels Like TikTok, But WorseAlgorithmic videos are killing social media.
    By John Herrman
  27. early and often
    The TikTok CEO Has an Awful Day in Front of CongressShou Zi Chew’s House testimony is unlikely to ease the bipartisan pressure on Biden to ban the Chinese-owned app.
    By Matt Stieb
  28. politics
    Tate-PilledWhat a generation of boys have found in Andrew Tate’s extreme male gospel.
    By Lisa Miller
  29. screen time
    A TikTok Ban Would Make for an Incredibly Strange Day on the InternetWhile it might not be the most probable course of events, it definitely could happen.
    By John Herrman
  30. screen time
    How Much Does Unbanning Trump Really Matter?On the internet, you can never really go back home.
    By John Herrman
  31. screen time
    TikTok Is the New King of Social Media. Now What?The video-sharing service faces perils old and new.
    By John Herrman
  32. today in eric adams
    Eric Adams Joins TikTok, Makes SmoothieThe mayor has a new social-media platform to dominate.
    By Nia Prater
  33. get your war on again
    TikTok Broadcasts the Ukraine InvasionDancing in camo.
    By Matteo Mobilio
  34. wall street
    BlackRock Is Going Viral on TikTok As a Free Place to Pee“You guys can all judge me if you want, but I do not care. I have never, ever been happier!”
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  35. the money game
    This 18-Year-Old TikTok Star Wants You to Start Trading With 500x LeverageJust another example of the kind of fishy financial advice kids are hearing on the platform.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  36. encounter
    Zooming With TikTok’s Right-Wing PunditHershell’s son wants to be the face of Gen-Z conservatism.
    By Brock Colyar
  37. yang gang
    Andrew Yang Enters NYC Mayor’s Race With Darren Aronofsky–Directed Campaign VidHis first order of business? Bring TikTok Hype Houses to New York.
    By Chris Murphy
  38. politics
    Will Donald Trump Try to Take His Act to TikTok?I asked the company whether he’d be welcome on the platform. Its silence raises some interesting questions.
    By Chris Stokel-Walker
  39. the law
    Another Judge Blocks Trump’s TikTok BanThe latest deadline will reportedly be “overlooked.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  40. extremely online
    U.S. Government Says TikTok Can Stay … for NowThe Commerce Department has delayed the TikTok ban “pending further legal developments.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  41. tiktok
    Trump Wants $5 Billion From TikTok Deal to Go to ‘Patriotic Education’Trump gave his “blessing” for Oracle to buy TikTok’s U.S. operations, though he demanded a financial package for his proposed education initiative.
    By Matt Stieb
  42. tech
    Trump Administration to Ban WeChat and TikTok From App StoresBut TikTok will still be available to use for at least a few weeks, and probably beyond.
    By Benjamin Hart
  43. pivot podcast
    ‘It Feels to Me Like We’ve Been Played’Kara Swisher, Scott Galloway, and Alex Stamos dissect what looks to be a sweetheart deal between Oracle and TikTok.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  44. the top line
    We’re Heading Toward the Worst Possible Outcome on TikTokIt’s likely that the deal will enrich the Trump-allied firm Oracle without the upside of reduced Chinese influence that we were supposed to get.
    By Josh Barro
  45. tiktok
    Oracle to Partner With TikTok in the U.S. After Microsoft Deal Is RejectedThe partnership comes two days before Trump’s deadline for a deal to remove control of the video-sharing app from its Chinese-owned parent company.
    By Matt Stieb
  46. tiktok
    What’s Going on With Trump’s TikTok Ban and the Microsoft Deal?As TikTok users continue to hold their looped breath, Microsoft is again trying to acquire the app after dealing with some Trump-prompted confusion.
    By Chas Danner
  47. pivot
    Can the Trump Administration Really Ban TikTok?Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway parse over the administration’s potential ban of the wildly popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  48. no uggos
    TikTok Is Not The Internet’s EdenAccording to a report, moderators were advised to keep those with “ugly facial looks” & “dilapidated housing” off its front page.
    By Brian Feldman
  49. tech boot camp
    LastManStanley, TikTok’s Weirdest Creator, Walks Us Through His Process@lastmanstanley’s videos are odd, uncomfortable, and sometimes feature the creepy ‘Hereditary’ soundtrack.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  50. tech boot camp
    Unraveling the Mystery of the TikTok ‘For You’ PageGetting on the ‘For You’ page is apparently the key to growth on TikTok. But nobody is sure how it works.
    By Brian Feldman
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