Bill Nye calls face masks ‘a matter of life and death’ on TikTok
Despite the impassioned, research-backed pleas of credentialed health officials and scientists, many Americans still believe wearing a face mask does not help curb the spread of coronavirus, or worse,...
View ArticleTikTok gave U.S. government info on accounts 82 times last year
TikTok says it removed around 49 million videos globally during the second half of last year and received 100 requests from the U.S. government for information about accounts. The popular social media...
View ArticleWhat is cottagecore TikTok?
Scrolling through cottagecore TikTok is at once calming and strange: There are scenes of lush fruit trees, pressed flowers, and houses with big windows and natural light. It's aesthetically pleasing....
View ArticleTikTok users are flooding Trump’s official app with horrible reviews
President Donald Trump's official app is being flooded with bad reviews on Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store, and it appears the deluge of critical comments are coming from TikTok users. As of...
View ArticleCan Trump really order a TikTok ban?
TikTok, the popular social media app, has already faced a country-wide ban in India—and according to the White House, the United States could be next. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo revealed that the...
View ArticleCisgender people are mocking ‘I now know my name’ trans TikTok meme
A meme meant for transgender and nonbinary people is being mocked on TikTok by cisgender people (people whose gender identity corresponds with their assigned gender at birth), according to Know Your...
View ArticleSoldier allegedly ‘exposes’ what getting coronavirus in the military is...
A video showing the alleged living conditions of suspected coronavirus patients in the U.S. military is raising questions after going viral online. Footage originally posted to TikTok shows what...
View ArticleTikTokers are sharing how they would, or wouldn’t, survive the ‘Hunger Games’
TikTokers have found creative and humorous ways to bring back Twilight, Mean Girls, and now, the Hunger Games. TikTokers are absolutely roasting themselves making videos about how they would, or more...
View Article9-year-old shot four times while filming TikTok videos
A 9-year-old boy in Atlanta is expected to recover after undergoing surgery to remove bullets that struck him while he was filming TikTok videos Wednesday. The boy, Javonni Carson, was hit four times...
View ArticleIn wake of potential TikTok ban, users turn anxiety into comedy
Can Trump really ban TikTok? It's a question users are wrestling with in the wake of last week's news that the administration is "looking at" a possible ban of the Chinese-owned app, allegedly due to...
View ArticleViral ‘work bae’ accused of not supporting Black Lives Matter
Tina Turtle, who rose to prominence on TikTok with her viral “work bae” videos, is distancing herself from the coworker she features in them. "Idk what it is, but hearing a non-black person opinion rn...
View ArticleTeens on TikTok are dressing up as grandmas to buy booze
Poor Gen Z. They didn’t ask to inherit this world, yet they will ultimately be the ones who have to reckon with it. Teens, like many people, have faced a slew of obstacles and hardships amid the...
View Article‘All About Cake’ is a TikTok dance and not actually cake
We're now suspicious that literally anything can be cake. But on TikTok, a cake dance preceded our collective paranoia and exhaustion. As detailed by Know Your Meme, the All About Cake dance...
View Article3 teens overdose after partaking in TikTok ‘Benadryl Challenge’
Three teens were hospitalized after overdosing on Benadryl in May. They saw TikTok videos encouraging them to take the allergy medicine to get high and hallucinate, according to CBS DFW. Cook...
View ArticleRestaurant hostess says Kylie Jenner tipped $20 on a $500 bill
A hostess in New York City is going viral for ranking how celebrities acted as customers on TikTok. While some celebrities like Beyoncé, Nick Jonas, and the Hadid sisters received stellar ratings,...
View ArticleMother tells woman filming TikToks at a beach to ‘get your a** covered’
A vial video shows a woman coming up to a TikToker and telling her to put on some shorts because her sons were "staring at her a**." The TikToker, Aurea Miranda, was filming dance videos in a bikini...
View Article‘Two options’ meme dances down the hallways of TikTok
Scary hallways are having a moment on TikTok. A saxophone cover of Chris Brown's "Go Crazy" has become the soundtrack to a TikTok version of "Would You Rather." The cover, which was originally part of...
View ArticleMusician pleads with TikTokers to stop using his music for disturbing ‘daddy’...
The latest TikTok meme is just a joke to many people, but to some, it's a triggering reminder of childhood sexual abuse. The meme, which several popular accounts have recently promoted, is a spinoff...
View ArticleTikTok goes wild with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s lip-bite selfies
There are a lot of photos of Lin-Manuel Miranda biting his lip online. If that unsettles you, proceed with caution, because a lot of young people have become obsessed with the Hamilton actor's...
View ArticleTikTok star says she earns 6 figures acting like a puppy on OnlyFans
A Texas woman who reportedly said she has “always acted like a puppy” is now garnering more than hundreds of thousands per month through her performance on OnlyFans, after quitting her career as an...
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