Alex Turvy

Out today: a year ago in @techpolicypress , @rscarlets + I argued that the US TikTok ban would create what it ostensibly aimed to prevent: risks don’t disappear, they get displaced, oversight fragments, and transparency declines. the next year ran a live experiment.

New in @pandsociety: Why do TikTok and Instagram—platforms with nearly identical features—produce such different creative cultures? I offer a framework comparing how each constructs authenticity, creativity, community, and discovery through governance, rhetoric, and design.

New article out with @wishcrys in @policyinternet

We analyze what happens when young people become internet-famous on TikTok—and neither legal protections nor platform policies are enough to address the risks they face.

The gaps are filled, unevenly, by the TikTok public.

Would love to see REM latency and heart rate recovery on @WHOOP - any chance that’s on the roadmap cc @willahmed

You hear this so much, but it's dead wrong.

The "algorithm" isn't a standalone thing at all - it's interwoven with the platform's design, constraints, & vibrant user community. Trying to separate it from that context misses how TikTok really works. The power is the system.