“What these factory owners are making is a point that, even with the tariff, it is still going to be drastically cheaper than when you’re buying from the brand directly,” said Caiwei Chen, a China reporter for MIT Technology Review.

Teens know social media and fast fashion work together to feed them trends, but find it hard to step away, says NYT writer Callie Holtermann.

The algorithm behind the app’s success is proprietary and hard to replicate. And Chinese-owned alternatives like RedNote could also be vulnerable to a ban.

The potential prohibition of the Chinese social media giant has sent users in search of other options. But some are based in China too.

Ian Bremmer of the Eurasia Group says a volatile Mideast, Russian disruption and a strained U.S.-China relationship could all prove harmful.

TikTok parent company ByteDance is asking the court to halt a law that would require the Chinese company to sell TikTok to a U.S. firm or face a ban.

TikTok creators are trying to draw the line between innocent similarity and outright copyright infringement.

It’s a small but growing piece of the billions spent online on Black Friday, a report says, as brands try to reach consumers on social media.

An increasing number of influencers are earning a living from the idea that you can “manifest” your dreams into reality.

“Virality is fleeting,” says Kelsey Campion. “We could go viral tomorrow. We could go viral in a year, we could never go viral again.”