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.
Shadow Men: Inside Wagner, Russia’s Secret War Company
A documentary revealing how the Russian private military company hides the flow of riches and resources that ultimately connect to the Kremlin.
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.
Coronavirus Hit the U.S. Long Before We Knew
Months before travel bans and lockdowns, Americans were transmitting the coronavirus across the country.
Ghosts in the Clouds: Inside China's Major Corporate Hack
The Cloud Hopper attack was much bigger than previously known.
America's Electric Grid Has a Vulnerable Back Door--and Russia Walked Through It
A reconstruction of the worst known hack into the nation's power system reveals attacks on hundreds of small contractors.
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 State-Run Bank Financed Deal Involving Trump Hotel Partner
VEB, a Russian state-run bank under scrutiny by U.S. investigators, financed a deal involving Donald Trump's onetime partner in a Toronto hotel tower.
The Travels of Mrs. Murray's Toyota Unveil Terror-Finance Network
A 2009 Land Cruiser followed the same overseas car caravan that U.S. officials alleged raised millions of dollars for Hezbollah.
Terror Finance Abroad Touches Thanksgiving at Home
The firm that touts the Butterball turkey is being investigated over alleged ties to designated terrorist entities.
Losing Count: U.S. Terror Rules Drive Money Underground
Banks close the accounts of customers they fear may be up to no good, evicting from the financial system those the government most wants to watch.
Many Police Killings Uncounted in U.S. Stats
More than 550 police killings between 2007 and 2012 were missing from the FBI's records.
Taxpayers Face Big Tab for Unusual Doctor Billings
More than 2,300 providers earned $500,000 or more from Medicare in 2012 from a single procedure or service.
More Than 5,000 Stockbrokers From Expelled Firms Still Selling Securities
More than 5,000 brokers were still licensed to sell securities after working for firms that regulators expelled.
Executives' Good Luck in Trading Own Stock
An investigation found many corporate executives make profitable trades prior to news announcements.
More Killings Called Self-Defense
More civilians are killing each other and claiming self-defense, a trend most pronounced in states with stand-your-ground laws.
Russia's Dubious Vote
Analysis of nearly 100,000 voting precincts revealed potential vote-rigging with up to 14 million votes in question.