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Power, Politics & War +2 more

TikTok

How TikTok's algorithm turned endless scrolling into a cultural and political force that reshaped how billions of people spend their time.

18 min readReading time
10Sections
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Chapters

10 total
  1. 01Chapter One - Before the Scroll
  2. 02Chapter Two - Born in Beijing
  3. 03Chapter Three - Musical.ly Meets Its Match
  4. 04Chapter Four - The Algorithm Advantage
  5. 05Chapter Five - The World Watches
  6. 06Chapter Six - Governments Take Notice
  7. 07Chapter Seven - The Copycats
  8. 08Chapter Eight - Creators and Careers
  9. 09Chapter Nine - Power and Pressure
  10. 10Chapter Ten - The Scroll Continues
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Dedications, notices, acknowledgments, author notes, and short passages from this book.

TikTok

TikTok
The Infinite Scroll

by James Johnson

Dedication

For the ones who looked up and remembered to stop scrolling.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS


TO EVERY CREATOR, coder, and critic who helped shape this strange, looping world.

And to the reader — may you finish this book before TikTok recommends something else.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR


JJ WRITES THE stories behind the systems that run the modern world — clean, calm, and unapologetically honest. He believes in truth over noise, pattern over chaos, and that sometimes the best way to reveal reality... is just to describe it.

COPYRIGHT


© 2025 JAMES JOHNSON
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher, except in brief quotations used for review or commentary.

This is a work of nonfiction. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy at the time of writing. The views and interpretations expressed herein belong solely to the author.

This book is not affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by TikTok, ByteDance, or any related entities. TikTok and ByteDance are trademarks of their respective owners. All trademarks, service marks, and trade names are used in a descriptive, non-infringing manner for purposes of commentary and analysis under nominative fair use.