How TikTok Brings War Home to Your Child

The popular app can feed young users a stream of intense, polarized and hard-to-verify videos about the Israel-Hamas war.

Russian Oligarchs Obscure Their Wealth Through Secretive Isle of Man Network

A web of shell companies and middlemen managed by services firm Bridgewaters makes it hard for authorities to track assets and enforce sanctions against blacklisted oligarchs.

The TikTok Spiral, Part 3: Escape the Algorithm

The final installment of a WSJ podcast series examining how difficult it is for TikTok users to disengage from harmful content, and what responsibility parents, governments, and TikTok itself bear in keeping the platform safe.

The TikTok Spiral, Part 2: Stuck. Together.

A WSJ podcast exploring how TikTok's algorithm struggles to distinguish helpful from harmful mental health content, and how recovery videos can inadvertently send other users into spirals.

The TikTok Spiral, Part 1: Descent

A WSJ podcast investigating how TikTok's algorithm can funnel users into streams of potentially harmful content about starvation diets, self-harm, and suicide, even when they didn't seek it out.

'The Corpse Bride Diet': How TikTok Inundates Teens With Eating-Disorder Videos

TikTok's algorithm can send users down rabbit holes of narrow interest, surfacing emaciated images, purging techniques, hazardous diets and body shaming.

How TikTok Serves Up Sex and Drug Videos to Minors

The popular app can quickly drive young users into endless spools of adult content, including videos touting drug use and promoting pornography sites.

How TikTok's Algorithm Figures Out Your Deepest Desires

The Wall Street Journal created dozens of automated accounts that watched hundreds of thousands of TikTok videos to reveal how the platform's algorithm learns users' interests.

Fake Accounts Posing as News Organizations Prematurely Declare Election Victories

How Russia Today Skirts High-Tech Blockade to Reach U.S. Readers

Russian Operation Targeted U.S. Business Owners

Russian Internet Trolls Obsessed Over Trump--and a Canceled Comedy Show

Russian Trolls Weigh In on Roseanne Barr and Donald Trump Jr.

Much Remains Unknown About Russian-Troll Accounts on Social-Media Giants

U.S. Government Struggles to Track Some of Its Own Social Media Accounts

Russian Trolls Tried to Torpedo Mitt Romney's Shot at Secretary of State

Russian Influence Campaign Extracted Americans' Personal Data

Russian Trolls Tweeted Disinformation Long Before U.S. Election

An analysis of 221,641 tweets shows Russian trolls tried to incite chaos, fear and outrage about fake events before their election activity.

Russian Twitter Support for Trump Began Right After Campaign Start

How Alleged Russian Hacker Teamed Up With Florida GOP Operative

Blacklisted Terrorism Financiers Still Active on Social Media