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Catchy TikTok songs are tackling racism head-on
Over the last month, TikTok has become a hub for information on protests, police brutality, and the Black Lives Matter movement. The recent transition to activism has replaced dances and comical...
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Grandma’s TikTok challenge leads thousands to register for Trump rally in...
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump's campaign gleefully reportedly that hundreds of thousands of people signed up to attend his first campaign rally since the coronavirus pandemic. A huge number...
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The ‘Vogue challenge’ elevates Black creatives—and challenges the industry to...
The cover of Vogue has historically been a white space, and the magazine has often been called out for its ignorance. The Vogue challenge shifts the power of the edit to the underrepresented. Know...
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Black doctors say they’re ‘celebrated’ in scrubs—but feared in hoodies
Black doctors are sharing TikTok videos of themselves in scrubs, followed by appearances in their hoodies to address racial profiling. The trend seems to have started with a doctor in London who went...
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Teens are making TikToks about what it’s like to have divorced parents
A new genre of TikToks is dominating the platform, and it's specifically for kids who have divorced parents. Most of the videos are funny, sarcastic, and lighthearted. They are uniting both trendy...
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How ‘Hip Hop Harry’ went from kids’ show to soundtrack for a ‘movement’
You've heard the song if you've scrolled through TikTok long enough: a bit of fluttering flute, a drum-line beat, and a chorus of kids chanting ,"Go go go." Then, a voice calls out: "Who's next?" It's...
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Belle Delphine is back—and she has an OnlyFans
Belle Delphine, who is best known for selling her bathwater, has returned to social media following a hiatus that had fans thinking she was dead or in jail. To mark her comeback, Delphine is promoting...
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Bobby Berk subtly shades rest of the Fab 5 in a TikTok
Netflix’s Queer Eye Fab Five member Bobby Berk seems to have thrown some subtle shade at his castmates in a now-deleted TikTok. A TikTok user posted a video, which he later duetted, showcasing how...
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A decades-old ‘slasher’ tale is circulating on TikTok now
Are sex traffickers hiding under cars and waiting to slash women's Achilles tendons so they can't run away, and then kidnapping them? A rumor about this very specific abduction technique has been...
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What does FYP mean on TikTok?
If you’ve scrolled through TikTok, you’ve likely seen the hashtag #fyp, followed by #foryoupage. They mean the same thing: For You page, TikTok’s portal into content it thinks you might like. Because...
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‘This is called grooming’: Famous TikTok couple scrutinized after revealing...
A famous TikTok couple is receiving some major scrutiny after the two revealed they met when the woman was only 17, and the man was 24. Twitter, of course, wasn’t haven’t it and is accusing the man of...
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An elderly Karen asked a Black man to wait until she left the store to rob...
By Stacy Fernández In a viral TikTok, a Black man is seemingly going about his business and shopping when an older white woman assumes he's there to steal. This video is just one of so many racists...
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TikTok teens say they found suitcase filled with human remains while using...
A group of teens who set out for adventure using the Randonautica app instead had the shock of a lifetime when they appear to have encountered a suitcase full of human remains. Teens in Washington...
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Comedian Sarah Cooper makes fun of low turnout at Trump rally
Comedian and author Sarah Cooper is going viral on social media for her TikToks mimicking President Donald Trump. The New York City comedian takes sound bites from the president and lip-syncs and...
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Bryan Singer accused of targeting young influencers on TikTok, Instagram
Despite decades of accusations and detailed accounts of abuse and misconduct, Bryan Singer still hasn't seen any major fallout in Hollywood—or any real consequences. More recently, the 54-year-old...
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TikTok shows man trying—and failing—to spell ‘White Lives Matter’ with spray...
A man was caught on video attempting to spray-paint “White Lives Matter” on a fence, but he botched it. In the video, the woman recording giggles as she watches him spell “white” as “wight.” The...
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The top 5 TikTok challenges of 2020
Thanks to the (seemingly never-ending) coronavirus pandemic, folks have more free time than ever to create a steady stream of content from the safety of their own homes. Enter TikTok, the perfect...
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What’s up with all these time travelers on TikTok?
He claims he’s here from the year 2028, and has seen America’s future. He and a “handful” of others were sent back to 2020 to “change” things. He references the start of the “great collapse,” which...
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TikTok rally signups could force Trump campaign into compliance nightmare
President Donald Trump's rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma last weekend had lower attendance numbers than the campaign expected. There could be a number of reasons for the dip in turnout, but at least part of...
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TikTok cancels Pride event after trolls Zoombomb it with homophobic, racist...
TikTok's virtual Pride event didn't last long. Minutes into yesterday's event featuring hundreds of LGBTQ creators, trolls overran it, Business Insider reports. Audio and text chat on the Zoom event...
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