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.

The company’s founder says in an interview that he wants it to be “a window” on the world. A Republican senator says it is a “Trojan horse.”