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In the dim glow of a cracked phone screen, 19-year-old Mira scrolled through her feed for the seventh hour in a row. Her data plan had run out two days ago, but the Wi-Fi from the café downstairs leaked through her floorboards—just enough for TikTok, as long as she didn’t watch anything over fifteen seconds. Then her own voice, responding—except Mira had never
Her thumb froze over the screen.