Social Media Algorithms

What will happen to Florida’s ban on TikTok now that there’s a U.S.-China deal? Nobody is saying, but it might be too soon for students and government workers to expect to be able to open their “FYP” on the social media platform in classrooms or on state-owned phones or tablets.

In his new book, journalist Max Fisher unpacks how social media companies have engineered our feeds to keep us angry, and keep us online.