TikTok will soon force personalized ads on its users
Enjoy watching videos by TikTok’s biggest stars like Charli D’Amelio? Well, TikTok hopes you’ll enjoy watching ads by all the brands who want to sell you Charli’s favorite fashion, food,…
TikTok users are teaching iPhone owners how to screenshot an entire webpage
Today in “things we learned on the internet,” TikTok users are sharing a handy iPhone screenshotting tip. Did you know you could screenshot an entire webpage on your phone, then…
The ‘super straight’ campaign taking over TikTok is actually just ugly transphobic trolling
News flash: The “super straight” trend on social media, where users claim a “new sexuality” which demands the same respect as those with marginalized sexual identities, is actually just blatant…
Want to try that ‘nature’s cereal’ from TikTok? You need a good ice maker.
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British woman tries ranch dressing for the first time and tastes enlightenment
A British woman’s first time trying ranch dressing is going viral. Dawn Farmer, who describes herself as a “Typical Brit” in her TikTok bio, posts videos of herself reacting to…
TikTok announces new features to tackle harassment and bullying
Anyone who’s ever taken a trip into the comments section of a TikTok video will know that the platform has a bullying problem. TikTok has announced new in-app features to…
Facebook releases TikTok-like rapping app, Bars
While Facebook has been under fire for copying competitors for years now, the criticism has never stopped the company. From making its own Tinder to jacking the idea of Snapchat’s…
TikTok agrees to $92 million settlement in class action privacy lawsuit
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has agreed to pay a $92 million settlement in a lawsuit alleging it violated Illinois’ biometric privacy laws. The company still disputes the truth of the…
County clerk’s accidental TikTok posts not ‘supposed to be seen by anybody,’ now seen by everybody
All of TikTok is bidding goodbye to Connie, the subject of a series of random farewell videos that are now a gigantic online hit thanks to a few accidental uploads…
TikTok users are dressing up as their ‘Republican-sonas’
TikTok has heralded in countless viral makeup trends over the last few years, but this one crosses the partisan divide. Well, not really. But it’s nice to think so. TikTok…