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Dr. Phil is begging his TikTok followers to stop calling him ‘daddy’
Dr. Phil has one of the most interesting cases of his career on his hands: Confronting fans calling him "daddy" on TikTok. On Thursday, the TV doctor posted to TikTok, stating, "I appreciate the...
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TikTok star films himself stealing from McDonald’s worker in a drive-thru
A Soundcloud rapper and TikTok "do-gooder" on an anti-nicotine mission stole a McDonald's employee's vape pen and sped away from the drive-thru window. A Saint Paul-based artist JRI$H pulled up to...
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Oracle wins TikTok bid, report says
After weeks of speculation, Oracle appears to have won a bid to take over U.S. operations of TikTok, according to a new report. Meanwhile, Microsoft—which has long been an assumed front runner in the...
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‘Disturbing’ TikTok video showed special needs student being ‘pantsed’
An investigation by Fair Lawn school officials has been launched in response to an alleged video showcasing an assault toward a special needs student. The video, which was originally posted to...
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Trump ordered a TikTok sale. The winner is a major fundraiser for his campaign
Oracle appears to have come out on top as part of a bid to tether TikTok with an American company, making the app—a frequent target of President Donald Trump's—linked to one of his biggest supporters...
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Dixie D’Amelio addresses TikTok conspiracy theory about her dad
Sisters Dixie and Charli D'Amelio are massively popular on TikTok, and their ascendance on the app happened quickly. That's fairly common on TikTok, but Dixie has now addressed a conspiracy theory...
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‘Harry Potter’ throwbacks have found a home on Tom Felton’s TikTok
Despite the scrutiny that Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has received over the years, the fictional series itself remains a nostalgic treasure for millennials. The first book was released in 1997...
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Karen explodes at TikToker for ordering Travis Scott burger at McDonald’s
What happens when an overwhelmingly annoying force meets an immovably irrational object? That was the question raised by a redditor in the comments section of a video recently uploaded to...
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Tech Tuesday newsletter: Is Trump’s social media order ‘a**-backwards?’
Sign up to receive the best of the internet straight to your inbox. Welcome to the "Tech Tuesday" edition of the Internet Insider. Trump's FCC is still collecting reply comments for his controversial...
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‘Meatier meteor’ TikTok evolves the discourse
We’ve all had that moment where a text was misinterpreted, a joke misconstrued. Eliza Petersen took us back to what might have been the first ever misunderstanding with her viral “Meatier meteor”...
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TikTokers think ‘alien invasion’ happened overnight after FYP gets flooded...
There has been an apparent recent surge in TikTok videos featuring "UFO sightings," so much so that users are even making videos about the videos' prevalence on the platform. User @withinthewild’s...
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Chef says he was suspended for exposing how famous dishes are made on TikTok
A chef at JD Wetherspoon, a well-known England-based pub chain, was allegedly suspended for sharing its food secrets in viral TikTok videos. "My managers had a meeting with me today about the whole...
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Teachers document the struggles of Zoom learning on TikTok
Teachers are adapting to virtual learning, and documenting this new struggle on TikTok. A TikTok from kindergarten teacher @kenziiewenz was posted to Twitter earlier this week, with the caption “This...
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Road Rage Karen threatens to call the police on man whose car is ‘too close’...
A TikToker documented a road rage incident involving himself and a "Karen" in which she threatened to call the police on him for not keeping two meters distance, despite both of them being in their...
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Influencer slammed for trying to hire unpaid intern, begging for money while...
TikTok influencer Audrey Peters, @TheAudreyPeters, is being taken to task online for requesting an unpaid intern while living a life of excess. An anonymous TikTok account, @user74258976544, with...
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#ReformForRonnie calls for social media reform after man films suicide on...
A graphic video of a man dying by suicide that circulated the internet has spurred a campaign advocating for social media reform. Ronnie McNutt was 33 when he filmed the video and ended his life. The...
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Firefighter extinguishes wildfire conspiracy theories on TikTok
Wildfires have ravaged the West Coast in the last month, displacing thousands during a pandemic and taking an untold number of lives. But there are still people unloading conspiracy theories about the...
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Trump administration will block TikTok downloads starting Sunday
President Donald Trump's administration announced on Friday that it will block U.S. users from downloading TikTok and WeChat starting on Sunday. The Commerce Department said it was prohibiting...
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These viral TikTokers are a couple—and say they’re stepsiblings
The duo behind the viral TikTok account @alphafamilia, stepsiblings Diana Camila Avila and Jordie Vena, shot to popularity on the platform thanks to their shared account. The controversial nature of...
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Here’s what you need to know about the Sunday TikTok deadline
President Donald Trump's administration on Friday put an impending ban of TikTok into high gear, setting deadlines for U.S. users to be able to download the app and what could be an eventual ban. But...
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