What are we worrying about when we worry about TikTok? | Samantha Floreani
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Sensationalist headlines and reactionary calls for stricter moderation risk missing the forest for the treesIs there any platform that creates as much collective angst as TikTok? For some, TikTok is just a silly video app...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/22/what-are-we-worrying-about-when-we-worry-about-tiktok

Could simply calling myself a ‘lucky girl’ like a Gen Z Tik Tokker really transform me into one? | Hannah Ewens
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The craze is little more than a rehash of new age manifestation, but January’s bleakness made me desperate enough to give it a goSomething strange happened to me last year. On five or six occ...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/21/lucky-girl-gen-z-tiktok-craze

The new frontier in the US war on TikTok: university campuses
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Experts say banning the app over college networks will not stop students from accessing it over cellular dataThere’s a new frontline opening up in the US war on TikTok: college campuses.The China-based app has already been banned on all federal go...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/20/us-tiktok-bans-university-campuses