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The Howler

The Voice of Wakefield High School

The Howler

The Voice of Wakefield High School

The Howler

A blank screen, a silenced community—millions of TikTok users are left in the dark as the ban takes effect. What starts with one app begs the question: How far will digital censorship go?

TikTok Ban: national security or censorship?

Katie Spampinato, Co-Editor-in-Chief February 13, 2025

“We go dark,” is what the popular social media platform users were told weeks before the ban took place on Jan. 18. This is nothing new to the users of the popular social media app. There have been...

Alix Earle

Alix Earle

Jordan McIntyre, Co-News Editor February 1, 2023

With gaining more than 1.7 million followers in a month on TikTok, Alix Earle has taken the world by storm; from white eyeliner to boy troubles in the MLB, Earle has grabbed the attention of nearly every...

Dabloons

Dabloons

Nic Cazin, Co-Editor-in-Chief January 31, 2023

When I first scrolled upon a dabloon on TikTok, I had absolutely no clue as to what was going on. The video had some funky adventure music, the kind you hear in any fantasy roleplaying game, and a cat...

Is time ticking down for this infamous app?

Is time ticking down for this infamous app?

Megan Simrell, Video Editor October 20, 2020

The app TikTok, a short video sharing platform, took the world by storm. In the few years it has existed it has already skyrocketed to the top of the charts. Recently, many concerns have come up about...

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