Trump’s TikTok and WeChat Ban Gets Personal

Hi folks, it’s Shelly. The blacklisting of TikTok and WeChat by President Donald Trump may seem like just another battle in the war between two superpowers. But for practically an entire generation, it’s a life-altering event.

On the edge of tears, a 17-year-old girl in Maryland told me that the thought of losing TikTok felt like spending years writing a memoir and watching the only manuscript burst into flames. “Like, all of a sudden, someone takes the book and burns it, and there’s only one copy. And it will never come back,” said Katie Feeney, who has 4 million followers on the video app that the White House has moved to effectively ban starting in mid-September.