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How the Food Industry is Influencing Your TikTok Feed
In July, the World Health Organization issues a report indicating that aspartame, an artificial sweetener used in many low calorie sodas and snacks, was "possibly carcinogenic to humans." The new...
View ArticleNews and Views of War Through the Lens of TikTok
For years, Republicans in Congress have sounded alarms over TikTok, often citing concerns about the platform's Chinese ownership and its access to data. But now, they're arguing that TikTok has put its...
View ArticleHave You Ever Been on a Cruise? (Small Stakes, Big Opinions)
In December, The Royal Caribbean Ultimate World Cruise set off for a 9 month voyage, visiting 60 countries. The cheapest ticket was $59,999. The ship's passengers have taken to TikTok, with users...
View ArticleYour Cruise Opinions, The New York Videogame Critic Circle, Ava DuVernay and...
In December, The Royal Caribbean Ultimate World Cruise set off for a 9 month voyage, visiting 60 countries. The cheapest ticket was $59,999. The ship's passengers have taken to TikTok, with users...
View ArticleLawmakers Worry About Social Media's Impact On Kids. But What Can They...
A hearing this week on kids' online safety became contentious and, at times, emotional as senators from both parties grilled tech CEOs.On Today's Show:Will Oremus, technology reporter at The Washington...
View ArticleAI-Generated Conspiracy Theories Are Flooding TikTok
This week, the Federal Communications Commission voted to ban scam robocalls that use AI-generated voices, after such a call falsely told Democratic voters not to vote in the New Hampshire Democratic...
View ArticleWhat AOC and MTG Agree On: Don’t Ban Tik Tok
This morning, the House voted overwhelmingly to pass a TikTok 'ban,' which now faces an uphill battle in the Senate. On Today's Show:Drew Harwell, Washington Post technology reporter, talks about the...
View ArticleReporters Ask the Mayor; TikTok Ban Vote; Pres. Biden's Budget; 'Malicious...
Coming up on today's show:Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he...
View ArticleWhy Banning TikTok Might Backfire. Plus, a History of Book-Banning Moms
Recently, the House passed a bill that could ban TikTok from the US unless the app’s Chinese owners divest. On this week’s On the Media, hear how the bill will likely fail to live up to its promise....
View ArticleThe TikTok Bill Won't Solve Our Social Media Woes
The House has voted to pass a bipartisan bill that could lead to a nationwide ban of TikTok. Congress has cited concerns that the China-owned app is sharing American users' data with the Chinese...
View ArticleTikTok's Algorithm
TikTok once embraced the narrative of its algorithm as an all-powerful "secret sauce." Now, that narrative appears to be backfiring as Congress attempts to force a sale. John Herrman, tech columnist at...
View ArticleThe United States Passed a Ban on TikTok. Why?
Four years ago, Donald Trump—flexing his muscles against China—tried to ban TikTok, owned by the Chinese firm ByteDance. It didn’t take long for a judge, appointed by Trump himself, to block his...
View ArticleHow a Tech Executive Lobbied Lawmakers for the TikTok Ban
David Remnick talks with a proponent of the TikTok ban that just passed in Washington. Jacob Helberg, an executive with the data giant Palantir who serves in a government agency called the United...
View ArticleSalmon in the Dishwasher? Hannah Goldfield’s Highlights of Culinary TikTok
Hannah Goldfield writes The New Yorker’s column On and Off the Menu, and when she’s not writing about food, she’s watching people make it on social media—some good food, and some horrible. She shares a...
View ArticleWired’s Katie Drummond: The TikTok Ban Is “a Vast Overreach, Rooted in...
David Remnick talks with Katie Drummond, the global editorial director of Wired magazine, about the TikTok ban that just passed with bipartisan support in Washington. The app will be removed from...
View ArticleThe Murky Future of TikTok
Last month President Biden signed a bill into law that would ban the popular Chinese app TikTok from the United States unless it is sold, citing national security concerns. What implications could the...
View ArticleThe Long Campaign to Turn Birth Control Into the New Abortion
When the Supreme Court’s decision undoing Roe v. Wade came down in June, anti-abortion groups were jubilant – but far from satisfied. Many in the movement have a new target: hormonal birth control. It...
View ArticleHow to Save a Life
We get it … the world feels too bleak and too big for you to make a difference. But there is one thing—one simple tangible thing—you can do to make all the difference in the world to someone, possibly...
View ArticleA Dad-Coded VP Pick. Plus, Trump Courts Gen Z Influencers
This week, Kamala Harris’ VP pick Tim Walz went viral for being a typical Midwestern dad. On this week’s On the Media, the narratives surrounding Walz, and the political appeal of the car-tinkering,...
View ArticleBrian Jordan Alvarez on “English Teacher”
Between book bans, the movement for parental rights, the fight over cellphones, and budgets being slashed, life in a public school is stressful—and a fertile ground for comedy. Brian Jordan Alvarez...
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