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Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

Anna Good

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Republican talks about how TikTok expanded her perspective

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MrBeast says billionaires are in his DMs looking to finance TikTok purchase

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Theory Spreads That Luigi Mangione Trial Was Moved Due to TikTok Ban

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Chinese people are asking American ‘TikTok refugees’ for homework help on RedNote

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‘Worse than banning it’: TikTok gags over news Musk might buy it

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‘Thank you for Hawk Tuah’: TikTokers deliver heartfelt goodbyes to their ‘Chinese spy’ ahead of app ban

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10 businesses that have seen incredible success thanks to TikTok

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What to do if TikTok gets banned

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