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Fears for data security lie behind recent government bans on the Chinese-owned app, but zombie scrolling has health dangers too

A growing body of evidence links a rise in depression in children to social media use. Will it lead to more regulation?

The ubiquitous social video app TikTok did not have a great day as CEO Shou Zi Chew was dragged before Congress to ostensibly testify, but really be berated, by lawmakers out for blood. In more than five hours of testimony, they painted the company as some sort of nefarious Chinese…

The U.S. government may be inching toward a radical restructuring of TikTok, if not an outright ban on the Chinese-owned social media app. But to Jaci Butler, an internet personality and singer with 4 million followers on the embattled platform, the commotion is old hat.

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If anyone expected the House TikTok hearing to produce any meaningful discourse on serious topics, they were quickly disabused of that notion.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew found himself in front of a congressional hearing recently. And he answered some of the most inane questions he'll ever have to listen to.

Plus: Theatrics at the House hearing on TikTok, doomsday merger predictions haven't panned out, and more...

The latest U.S.-China clash over the popular social media app TikTok is likely to worsen the already-deteriorating relationship between the two countries, as Beijing and Washington tussle over software bans, technology exports and concerns about espionage and national security.