An exclusive interview with TikTok’s CEO

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions  02.01.24 BREAD CRUMBS | 3-MINUTE READ YouTube, Discord, and Lord of the Rings Led Police to a Teen Accused of a US Swatting Spree BY DHRUV MEHROTRA AND ANDREW COUTS For nearly two years, police have been tracking down the culprit behind a wave of hoax threats. A digital trail took them to the door of a 17-year-old in California. BOVINE UNIVERSITY | 4-MINUTE READ Inside the Beef Industry's Campaign to Influence Kids BY MATT REYNOLDS Big Beef is wooing science teachers with webinars and lesson plans in an attempt to change students' perceptions of the industry. EXTREMISM | 4-MINUTE READ A Decapitation May Have Roots in Far-Right Border and Immigrant Paranoia BY DAVID GILBERT A man charged with murdering his father and showing his decapitated head on YouTube spent years ranting about extremist conspiracies. THE BIG INTERVIEW | 19-MINUTE READ 'Over Time the Trust Will Come': An Exclusive Interview With TikTok's CEO BY DEXTER THOMAS A few weeks ago, Shou Zi Chew sat down with WIRED to tell us how he's trying to make TikTok better. Is the company's CEO for real—or just a really good politician? ADVERTISEMENT GET WIRED Our Winter Sale is Officially live! Subscribe to WIRED for only $29.99 $5. That includes subscriber-only content like Steven Levy's Plaintext column, plus FREE WIRED stickers as a special bonus! RIP TIDE | 3-MINUTE READ Music Piracy Is Back in a Big Way—Especially From YouTube BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER Visits to music piracy websites went up more than 13 percent last year, a new report says. The majority of those visits were to sites that allow users to download the audio from YouTube URLs. STREISAND EFFECT | 6-MINUTE READ A Startup Allegedly 'Hacked the World.' 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