Teenagers and younger kids are learning coded predator phrases like ‘MAP’ online, long before their parents have even heard of it

When I checked my 10-year-old daughter’s TikTok messages in early February 2026, I expected to find the usual mix of dance ...

A teenage Minecraft YouTuber raised $1,234,567 for a meme prediction market called Giggles. It broke me.

Justin Jin’s company Giggles – which he describes as “putting a trading app and TikTok together” – started as a joke.
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Hard Fork

“The platforms should be absolutely begging Congress to regulate them, because the alternative is they get sued into oblivion by a bunch of law firms.” By Kevin RooseCasey NewtonWhitney JonesRachel ...