“No bungee jumping, no swimming with sharks.” Read Katy Stech Ferek's a-hed on the House Republicans who terrify their leadership by pursuing extreme sports in their off hours. wsj.com/us-news/house-…

TikTok spent the past four years trying to fend off a U.S. ban, but it never figured out Washington.
Georgia Wells Kristina L. Peterson
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Cathy once told me that she became a copy editor at the The Wall Street Journal because back then, they weren't hiring women as reporters at the paper.

She (in jest, I am quite sure) told me how she vowed at that time to one day become the head of hiring for the newsroom and

“We can’t wait for big tech, so young people are doing it themselves,” says Larissa May.

With Half the Story, Larissa is rallying teens to change social media

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Larissa May goes to schools to teach students how to safely use TikTok and Instagram–and to mobilize to influence policy. 'We can’t wait for big tech.' on.wsj.com/4anGZ2y on.wsj.com/4anGZ2y

Photos from our 3-mile run here in San Francisco in honor of our colleague Evan Gershkovich (Evan Gershkovich).

Evan has been unjustly detained in a Russian prison for almost 1 full year now with no end in sight.

He deserves to come home. #IStandWithEvan #FreeEvan

We’ll keep telling Evan’s story. Until he can tell his own. #IStandWithEvan

We swam at (or near) Brighton beaches all around the world yesterday for Evan Gershkovich, my colleague who has been imprisoned in Russia for a year just for doing his job

#JournalismIsNotACrime
#IStandWithEvan

Photo by Kevin Buckholtz

Here is the crew in California:

Really moved to see such support for a frigid Ontario swim in support of Evan Gershkovich by Jacquie McNish Derek DeCloet Alexandra Posadzki rachelle Mujtaba Haris and Jonathan Spence #istandbyevan

TikTok's U.S. growth is already stalling

By Meghan Bobrowsky + me: wsj.com/tech/tiktoks-a…

TikTok is a different company with different business challenges this time around amid another push for a sale or ban ⁦Meghan Bobrowsky⁩ ⁦Georgia Wells⁩ wsj.com/tech/tiktoks-a…

New: For the first time in TikTok’s history, its user growth is stagnating, per sources.

It’s one of a spate of headwinds hitting the company at the moment.

Story on TikTok’s business as it once again faces a potential ban, from me Georgia Wells

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How TikTok was blindsided by a U.S. bill that could ban it

By Stu Woo, me and Raffaele Huang

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Two weeks ago, TikTok's U.S. executives flew to Singapore and told their bosses good news: TikTok wasn't in danger of an American ban.

Days later, they learned they had miscalculated.

Georgia Wells Raffaele Huang and I on how TikTok got blindslinded:
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'Means of Control': A look at how digital advertising became a kind of government surveillance.

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Amazon’s newest competitors — Shein and TikTok — are expanding in Amazon’s hometown and recruiting its staff.
Shein is opening an office near Seattle as it builds its U.S. ops. The office is in same building as TikTok. W/ Shen Lu & Georgia Wells wsj.com/business/retai…

Every day Evan spends in that notorious Moscow prison is a travesty. Evan is a beloved son, brother, friend, football player and gifted journalist. He has been locked up for 315 days, simply for doing his job and should be freed immediately. #IStandWithEvan ⁦The Wall Street Journal⁩

ICYMI🚨The Wall Street Journal News Exclusive: TikTok Struggles to Protect U.S. Data From Its China Parent

Read it here>>wsj.com/tech/tiktok-pl…

Always proud to work for WSJ but especially today after several colleagues’ stories were mentioned in the senate hearing.

TikTok’s data privacy failures Georgia Wells: wsj.com/tech/tiktok-pl…

Instagram enabling pedophiles Jeff Horwitz & Katherine Blunt: wsj.com/articles/insta…