The Great TikTok Panic

America’s Meltdown over a Minute-long Video App

Mike Hassaballa
ILLUMINATION
Published in
6 min readFeb 19

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Ethan

It was just another boring afternoon for Ethan, a high school student who was always looking for something to do. He picked up his phone and mindlessly scrolled through his social media feed until he saw the news that stopped him in his tracks.

“TikTok Banned in the United States,” the headline read. Ethan felt a jolt of panic surge through him as he realized what it meant. TikTok was…

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Mike Hassaballa
ILLUMINATION

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