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If you’ve been anywhere near social media, local news, or late-night talk shows in the last few days, you’ve probably heard something about “Nyquil Chicken,” a supposedly viral TikTok “challenge” that’s exactly what it sounds like: cooking chicken in a marinade of cold medicine. News about the supposed trend is usually accompanied by vomit-inducing photos […]
As recently as last year, TikTok employed a two-tier moderation system that gave preferential treatment to its most popular users, according to Forbes. The outlet obtained an audio recording of a September 2021 meeting where the company detailed an internal feature called “creator labels” that was reserved for accounts with more than 5 million followers. […]
A person walks past a sign for TikTok. Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty Images A new study by a site that tracks online misinformation found that 1 in 5 videos on TikTok contain misinformation. The study found that TikTok often yields more partisan search results than Google. Gen Z users are increasingly turning to TikTok […]
Barbara Costello runs the TikTok account @brunchwithbabs. Rikki Snyder Barbara Costello and her daughter run the TikTok account @brunchwithbabs. She never expected to have so many followers and brand deals, but now she has an agent and cookbook. She said you have to have a lot of passion if you want to succeed as an […]
Top executives from Meta, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok just wrapped up a three-hour hearing in front of the Senate Homeland Security Committee. The hearing, which featured Meta CPO Chris Cox, YouTube CPO Neal Mohan, TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas and Twitter’s GM of consumer product (known as “Bluebird”), was meant to be focused on how their […]
The British Parliament launched a TikTok account in July 2022, but deleted it within days after lawmakers protested about the app's links to China. Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The UK Parliament deleted its TikTok account after lawmakers protested. Internal communications obtained by Insider reveal that it expected it would be controversial. It suggested […]
Some educators believe social media can help them engage with students, but it also raises questions around classroom privacy. https://media.wired.com/photos/6317799f3dfe1372fb6111c2/master/pass/Teachers-On-Tik-Tok-Culture-1320972602.jpg
Tanya Pardazi was training in a skydiving course at Skydive Toronto when the fatal accident occurred. Courtesy of Tanya Pardazi Tanya Pardazi, 21, was taking a solo skydiving at Skydive Toronto Inc. Pardazi pulled her parachute too late – preventing it from properly inflating, the company says. Thousands of her TikTok followers have expressed their […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft said on Wednesday that it recently identified a vulnerability in TikTok’s Android app that could allow attackers to hijack accounts when users did nothing more than click on a single errant link. The software maker said it notified TikTok of the vulnerability in February and that the China-based social media […]
Leute, Leute, Leute! Bitte vergesst alles, was ihr bisher über Ananas gelernt habt, denn dieser Lifehack könnte euer Leben mit Ananas für immer verändern: Dieses Video, das zunächst auf TikTok hochgeladen wurde, hat in einer Woche sage und schreibe 13 Millionen Views auf Twitter erzeugt und fast 200.000 Likes und Reweets. Die Leute rasten aus […]
