On the short-form video app TikTok, long-established facts about the sinking of the Titanic are being newly litigated as musty rumors merge with fresh misinformation and manipulated content — a demonstration of TikTok’s potent ability to seed historical revisionism about even the most deeply studied cases. Reboot president Helen Lee Bouygues gives The New York Times her perspective on why conspiracies flourish across the app.
