TikTok's 'cute winter boots' trend explained

As the U.S. government seeks to enact stricter controls over online speech, TikTok users are adopting more coded 'algospeak' to criticize and resist the government

Why everyone on TikTok is talking about ‘cute winter boots’

For the past 48 hours, thousands of TikTok users have been posting and sharing videos ostensibly about "cute winter boots."

"I see a lot of people on this app right now making plans to buy cute winter boots," one TikToker posted on Thursday, "...but there's a lot of things that you guys are missi…