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The Rise of ‘TraumaTok’: When Does Sharing Trauma Online Become Unhealthy?
We talked to an expert to find out.
TikTokers Are Accused of Starting Forest Fires For Views
The fires created dramatic and dangerous backdrops in TikTok videos in Pakistan, which is going through a record-breaking heatwave.
10-Year-Old Died Doing TikTok’s #BlackoutChallenge. Her Mom Is Suing.
Ten-year-old Nylah Anderson is just one of dozens of kids and teens to die participating in TikTok’s viral #BlackoutChallenge.
The Queasy, Inevitable Johnny Depp Gold Rush Continues Downstream
Big media companies, true crime TikTokers and, now, little-known YouTubers converge onto the Heard/Depp trial to grow their audiences any way they can.
TikTok Creators Review Boris Johnson's TikTok Debut
The UK prime minister joined TikTok this week. It's not going great.
In Memory of Vine, Which Crawled So TikTok Could Fly
Vine is now defunct but its six-second videos loop on in people’s minds.
People Are Using Job Listings to Sabotage Companies That Mistreat Their Workers
Online job listings have evolved into a powerful tool that labor activists are using to expose the efforts of anti-union companies.
The Rise of 'Blokecore', the Football-Inspired Style Trend
TikTok creators are posting about a look and vibe that goes further back in history than you might think.
The Meme-ification of the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Trial
TikTok fancams and #megapintofwine memes inspired by Johnny Depp's court case with Amber Heard are just the tip of the very troubling iceberg.
There Are Dozens of Facebook Groups Intentionally Spreading Islamophobia. Meta Refuses to Act.
A new report found that Facebook and other major platforms failed to act on 89% of the anti-Muslim posts reported to them.
I Bought $30 Viral TikTok Jeans—and It Turns Out They're Awesome??
Stradivarius' slim mom jeans are perfect for those of us who don't know where to go from skinnies and still want a form-fitting, super-flattering pant.
These Robotic Reddit TikTok Accounts Come From a Content Farming Discord
A wave of TikTok accounts are simply reposting content from Reddit with text-to-speech programs reading out peoples' posts. At least some of those accounts come from a Discord server where people are trying to find easy ways to monetize TikTok accounts.