India Halts Downloads of TikTok Video App, Citing Harm to Children TikTok is popular with children and young adults worldwide, but regulators are scrutinizing it, citing concerns about misuse and privacy. Read More…

Juice WRLD, the Young Rapper, Confronts Death at a Brooklyn Cemetery Catacombs, famous headstones and a place to deposit secrets. “What is this?” he said. “The gates of Hell?” Read More…

The Week in Tech: Do You Prefer Free Speech, or a Perfectly Clean Internet? Automated policing of content will never be perfect, and that leaves us facing a big question about what we want the web to be like. Read More…

After Social Media Bans, Militant Groups Found Ways to Remain Hezbollah and other groups classified as terrorist organizations by the United States have changed their social media strategies to stay on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Read More…

Let He Who Is Without Yeezys Cast the First Stone Should pastors wear $5,000 sneakers? There’s been soul-searching recently over materialism in houses of worship. Read More…

In John Cameron Mitchell’s Podcast, a Rock Musical That’s All in Your Head “Anthem: Homunculus” is a six-hour, 10-episode epic about a man and his teratoma. The tumor sings. As do Glenn Close, Patti LuPone and Cynthia Erivo. Read More…

What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Homecoming’ and ‘Breakthrough’ Beyoncé’s “Homecoming” hits Netflix. And a new PBS series looks at the history of technological innovations. Read More…

A.S.M.R. Videos Give People the Tingles (No, Not That Way) In the popular videos, the artists — mostly women — whisper, use props and role-play to help viewers feel calm. It’s not about sex, research suggests. Read More…

YouTube’s Product Chief on Online Radicalization and Algorithmic Rabbit Holes Neal Mohan discusses the streaming site’s recommendation engine, which has become a growing liability amid accusations that it steers users to increasingly extreme content. Read More…