“Amazon on Friday asked its employees to delete the Chinese-owned video app TikTok from their cellphones, putting the tech giant at the center of growing suspicion and paranoia about the app. Almost five hours later, Amazon reversed course, saying the email to workers was sent in error.” NYT: TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been under scrutiny as a potential national security threat. (Finally, after wasting most of the summer, my kids are involved in a case of international intrigue.)

+ WaPo: Millions watched an Indian man eat chicken legs on TikTok until the app was banned.