Jennings's article focused on people using TikTok gain a more in-depth knowledge of ADHD. "Arguably no part of mental health TikTok is as omnipresent or as fraught as ADHD TikTok," Jennings wrote - and addressed one of the biggest challenges that arose from its prominence, namely: at what point does getting advice from an app overtake getting actual medical advice?
Critically endangered animals are being advertised for sale as bushmeat on TikTok, a new study finds. The work, published recently in Nature Conservation, underscores the growing role social media plays in the global illegal wildlife trade. Bushmeatmeat sourced from wild animalsis commonly eaten in many African and some Asian countries. Though some people hunt for personal consumption, many hunters sell meat to regional traders, who may then sell it to families or restaurants.
Pew's survey of 1,458 teens aged 13-17 found that, after a dip in social media use in 2022, usage of TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram is spiking, with YouTube in particular popular across all demographics, including gender, race, ethnicity, and income levels. TikTok is also a constant presence for a fifth of teens: 21% of them said they visit TikTok almost constantly
Lilian, a 35-year-old Kenyan living in Qatar, was scrolling on TikTok in April when she saw posts from a recruitment agency offering jobs overseas. The Kenya-based WorldPath House of Travel, with more than 20,000 followers on the social media platform, promised hassle-free work visas for jobs across Europe. They were showing work permits they'd received, envelopes, like: We have Europe visas already,' Lilian recalls.
An 88-year-old army veteran received the surprise of a lifetime from strangers around the world thanks to a viral TikTok video that raised $1.8 million for him. The video was recorded and shared by Australian positivity influencer Sam Wetenhoeffer, who was on what he called a US Kindness Tour through the Christmas holiday. Wetenhoeffer met Ed Bambas from Michigan, who was working the checkout line at a Meijer supermarket.
Before getting into the details, Roberto Ytaysaba, who is from Brazil, wants to make one thing perfectly clear: neither he nor the Anace Indigenous people, whom he leads, are against progress. We're not against progress if it respects the communities, nature, spirituality, the autonomy of [native] peoples and Convention 169, he clarifies, one recent morning in his village. They've had electricity here since the 1980s. The school teaches ethnomathematics to the children.
Of the accounts that posted content most frequently, half focused on content related to the female body. These AI women are always stereotypically attractive, with sexualised attire or cleavage, the report said. AI Forensics found the accounts did not label half of the content they posted and less than 2% carried the TikTok label for AI content which the nonprofit warned could increase the material's deceptive potential.
Radisson Hotels & Resorts launched Creator Hub, a program for creators with 1,00030,000 followers on Instagram and TikTok. Participants earn hotel stays, VIP Radisson Rewards, and more in exchange for content. Travel and hospitality remain hot for creator programs, with TikTok even launching an initiative to help hotels drive bookings through creators. Want more creator economy news, trends, and insights? Sign up for my newsletter and follow me on LinkedIn, Threads, and Instagram.
The video, filmed in the back seat of a car and posted Sunday, shows former White House press office chief of staff Yemisi Egbewole smiling into the camera as she delivers what she calls "an interesting update" about Booker's marriage to Alexis Lewis. "Okay, so Corey Booker got married and ... to a woman, and this is just very interesting, just an interesting update about Cory Booker. Cory Booker married a woman. He is now happily married," she says in the clip, which has been viewed more than 311,000 times.
The administration launched an account in August weeks before the president struck a deal to save the social-media app from a ban he started. The first post from the official account (not to be confused with the personal account Donald Trump mostly abandoned after the 2024 campaign) featured the president declaring, "I am your voice!" So what does the Trump White House's TikTok voice sound like several months in?
LaZebnik, 31, likes how nice and caring Ohioans tend to be. They're "Golden Retriever boys," he says, who give great hugs and seem to be eternally optimistic - a nice balance, he finds, to his biting Jewish sarcasm. Again and again, he'll ask dates where they're from and receive the same answer. Once, his date said he was actually from Kentucky, which gave LaZebnik pause until he clarified that he was from northern Kentucky, which is part of the Cincinnati metro area.
Ankit Khanal gets his news from News Daddy. More than 20 times a day, Khanal, a sophomore at George Mason University, opens TikTok to have the biggest stories of the day delivered to him by a bleach-blonde 26-year-old named Dylan Page, one of the leading faces in a growing community of news influencers. Based in the United Kingdom, Page began posting content on TikTok in August 2020 and has since grown his "News Daddy Empire," his posts amassing over 1.5 billion likes.
We examine whether the increased concentration of media ownership will create a more restrictive narrative. Recent developments in United States tech and media have prompted concerns about media consolidation and its impact on free speech. The US government is pushing ByteDance to reduce its control over TikTok, with Oracle proposed to oversee the platform's algorithm for national security reasons. Meanwhile, Skydance Media's $8bn merger with Paramount Global raises further concerns about media ownership centralisation.
Morris Cornbread is the charismatic force behind one of New York City's most recognizable TikTok shows, Subway Oracle. Born and raised in Queens, Cornbread began his creative journey with pranks, subway stunts, and fortune teller bits, all recorded with friends on YouTube. He later moved to Instagram and TikTok before returning to YouTube with the Cornbread Show, a late-night-style talk show on the train.
TikTok has become a major part of shopping culture. According to a new Pew Research Center survey, 62% of U.S. adults who use TikTok say they go there to see product reviews or recommendations. That figure jumps even higher among young adults-especially young women. TikTok leads other social platforms for shopping research Here's how TikTok compares to other platforms: 62% of TikTok users say they use the app for product reviews 44% of Instagram users say the same 37% on Facebook 29% on X
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) told a group of random people to get off their fat ass on Wednesday after they posted a TikTok video flipping off President Donald Trump. In the video, the people could be seen giving Trump the middle finger as the rap song F*ck Donald Trump played in the background. F*ck Donald Trump all the way around !!!! they captioned the video on TikTok.
You have TikTok just smashing our young people's brains all day long with video of carnage in Gaza, and this is why so many of us can't have a sane conversation with younger Jews, because anything that we try to say to them, they're hearing it through this wall of carnage. So I want to give data and information and facts and arguments, and they're just seeing in their minds carnage, and I sound obscene.
This is all part of TikTok's major push to convert the platform into an eCommerce superpower, re-creating the same path to success that the app saw in China, with the local version of the app. On Douyin, the China-only version of TikTok, live shopping, in particular, has been a big winner, with the platform generating $US490 billion in gross merchandise sales in 2024. Douyin has expanded its in-stream sales to all elements of shopping, including groceries, meal delivery, and more.
My career choices have been driven by curiosity, continually learning, continuous improvement and applying that to new problems. I started in technology, which is what gives me this lens of user-first thinking, and moving backwards from user experience. The time I spent in Amazon, in the early days of the consumables business, gives me insight into what scaling a platform very quickly needs to look like from the brand and platform side. But the time I spent in CPG at Unilever gave me empathy for people in brand stewardship roles, because you have to grow the brand for the long term.
In a statement posted on social media on Saturday night, the broadcaster admitted that it "didn't get it right" and that it would be "stopping all activity" on the account. The channel, which was only announced on Thursday, was touted by the broadcaster as an "inclusive, dedicated platform for women to enjoy and explore content from all sports, while amplifying female voices and perspectives."
TikTok is rolling out a new feature that will allow users to share content from Amazon Music to the social network, the company told TechCrunch exclusively. With a new "Share to TikTok" button, Amazon Music users can share songs, albums, playlists, and personal listening highlights from their Insights on Amazon Music directly to TikTok. For context, Amazon Music Insights is a new personalized feature that gives listeners a detailed look at their music habits and stats.
To try it yourself, first focus your eyes on the cross between the photos of Liv Tyler and Tom Cruise. Keep the photos in your peripheral vision, but stay focused on the cross. The images will begin to change, first to snaps of Kevin Spacey and Patrick Stewart, and then to Jennifer Lopez and Drew Barrymore. After a few seconds, something very strange will happen - the faces will start to look disfigured, as if their features are out of proportion.
