The Politics of TikTok

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Some Democrats are still using the app because they see it as a way to reach young voters. "What that creates is a really nasty codependency where you have one party aligned with a Chinese Communist Party guided and ultimately controlled information platform," Pottinger says. Some progressive Democrats say anti-TikTok rhetoric is xenophobic and overreactive.

Links with China and allegations of surveillance have highlighted the threat that the social-media app may pose to national security. There is bipartisan support for some regulation—but could there be an outright ban? Britain’s courts are falling into disrepair, delaying justice for thousands. And the eco-friendly alternative to traditional burials.

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