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America vs. TikTok
A chamber of Congress just used vague security concerns to approve the forced sale or ban of a speech platform used by 170 million nationwide.
Drew Harwell
I'm a reporter for the Washington Post. Email me at [email protected].
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Caught by push alert
A basic staple of modern smartphones becomes an FBI secret weapon.
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X embraces the deepfake chaos
A lack of moderation and a flood of clout-chasing accounts has turned the platform into "4chan 2."
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The $12 billion everything machine
A government scramble to build the tiny electrical components that form the bedrock of modern life.
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Tracking Taylor Swift's jet
Her attorneys say the accounts are stalker tools. The student says the data is public and that "her team thinks they can control the world."
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An undercover Trump trade
The men who made millions in insider trades related to a Truth Social deal - and the federal agents who tracked them down.
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My bot, my self
A new wave of selfie-generating chatbots, made in our own images, end up revealing how much humanity they leave behind.
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How the police get your prescription
America's largest pharmacy chains are handing over customers’ most intimate medical records in the store. And it's completely legal.
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A Montana judge upends the TikTok ban
The state's first-in-the-nation law, Republicans' model for banning the video app, "violates the Constitution in more ways than one."
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OpenAI, X and the perils of power
The secretive cults of personality that run Silicon Valley's biggest stars.
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The viral bin Laden trend that wasn't
How a "small group of nobodies" on TikTok sparked the latest social media panic.
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Inside a $10 million OnlyFans farm
In Florida, I saw firsthand how the new business of sex is changing the web.
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What these violent videos do to us
The "golden age of brutal voyeurism" is bringing the horrors of war back home.
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Welcome to MrBeast's neighborhood
In Greenville, N.C., the unlikely home of YouTube's biggest star, the neighbors are all part of the spectacle — whether they like it or not.
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Watching the Gaza war on TikTok
The app's critics say the popularity of pro-Palestinian videos proves it's a brainwashing machine. The reality is more complicated.
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The business of online influencers
"You’re basically working for the internet, and on the internet, you are very easily replaced."