
TikTok exec explains social media company's algorithm and efforts to keep children safe
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The video-sharing app TikTok has evolved into a site that covers all parts of life—everything from recipes to clothing to trending challenges.
According to The Pew Research Center, half of American adults under 30 use TikTok. In just five short years since its launch in 2016, the Chinese-born app has exploded in popularity.
According to the company, more than one billion users sign on to scroll monthly, many of them kids. But there are concerns about what young users are seeing as they scroll their "for you page" and the impact it is having on their mental health.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man who was wrongly deported and then returned to the United States to face federal prosecution, will appear in a Nashville courtroom Friday for his arraignment after he was charged with participating in a yearslong conspiracy to traffic undocumented migrants into the country.

The Republicans' "big beautiful" budget package is aimed at ushering in "a new golden age in America" through a combination of tax and spending cuts, according to House Speaker Mike Johnson. But a new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office finds that the bill may prove less golden for some Americans.