Technologically speaking, it would be difficult—perhaps impossible—to implement.

The famously discreet platform is making a clear pivot to shopping.

Even LinkedIn copied it.

America won’t miss the app.

A social platform can’t scale without attracting normal users.

And outlawing the app would be un-American.

But conspiracy theories that say otherwise are coming for democracy itself.

When young adults use the social-media outlet to keep up with current events, what kind of information are they getting?

Instagram and TikTok stars are helping transform simplistic “link-in-bio” pages into sprawling, interactive displays.

MTV turned music into spectacle. The app is doing the opposite.