Has TikTok made us better? Or much, much worse?

For years, murmurs of a US TikTok ban have left users and creators furious and terrified that a social media app that had become central to their lives could be taken away. Again and again, the ban never actually materialized, and users continued to enjoy what had, since 2018, become one of the most creative, vital, and paradigm-shifting developments in internet culture. 

But this is no longer a “boy who cried wolf” situation. On Friday, the Supreme Court signaled that it would uphold...