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Opinion: TikTok Is Feeding—And Feeding Off—America’s Political Divisions. It Must Be Stopped

THE CLOCK IS TIK-ING

Regulating mass media is a matter of democratic survival, pure and simple, writes Stephen Marche.

Stephen Marche
Stephen Marche
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Stephen Marche

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