Duolingo deletes all its TikTok videos after AI backlash—and then returns with a strange message

After building a huge following, Duolingo now faces a social media problem it can’t cute-post its way out of.

In any language, silence sounds just about the same. It carries a thunderous kick, though, when it comes from Duolingo, the world’s most popular language-learning app, and its famously irreverent social media presence.