Day: August 31, 2020

Michael Baker, D.A. Davidson Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst, joins Yahoo Finance’s Kristin Myers to break down the latest on TikTok as CNBC reports a deal to sell the social media company’s U.S. business could be announced as soon as Tuesday. Source: tiktok

Chris Cuomo is becoming quite the social media star thanks to his 17-year-old daughter Bella, who is helping propel her dad to TikTok fame by featuring him in her viral dance videos.  The latest father-daughter clip sees the duo getting into a fun play fight, with Chris pretending to throw […]

A U.S. military officer, who has amassed nearly 3 million followers on TikTok, posted an insensitive joke on Monday about the Holocaust—then admonished any offended followers. “Reason 1 million why I will never be verified,” 2nd Lt. Nathan Freihofer said in the TikTok video, before asking what is a “Jewish […]

<p><strong>Vigilante violence. </strong>While bouts of violence characterized some riots earlier this summer, this week’s clashes in Wisconsin swiftly became more sinister in nature when a 17-year old white male — a former member of a youth police cadet program with an intense affinity for guns — <a href=”https://ift.tt/2YDYBV0&#8243; rel=”noopener noreferrer” […]

(CNN) — A TikTok trend in which parents show their children surprising photos of their “new teacher” has been criticized as bullying by two women whose images are being used for laughs. Lizzie Velasquez, a motivational speaker, found TikTok users were sharing her photo for the “New Teacher Challenge.”  In […]

TikTok creators will soon be able to sell merchandise they design and create directly to fans via the app itself. Creator commerce platform Teespring is set to roll out the integration soon, and it’s currently being tested with a limited group of users. Thousands of TikTok creators have already partnered […]

TikTok has a matter of weeks to secure a sale to an American buyer in order to avoid a US ban. The timetable looks increasingly tight. What’s happening: Beijing appears to have just thrown a wrench in the process, my CNN Business colleague Sherisse Pham reports. On Friday, Chinese officials […]

A 15-year-old Oklahoma City girl died last week from overdosing on Benadryl after she took part in a dangerous social media fad known as the ‘Benadryl challenge.’ The ‘Benadryl challenge’ is a new game in which teens on TikTok are encouraged to take as much allergy medicine as needed in […]

Credit: Shutterstock While filming herself getting ready for work recently, TikTok user @gracie.ham reached deep into the ancient foundations of mathematics and found an absolute gem of a question: “How could someone come up with a concept like algebra?” She also asked what the ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras might have […]

Dangerous ‘Benadryl Challenge’ on TikTok blamed for death of Oklahoma teen by: Cassandra Sweetman (KFOR) and Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Aug 31, 2020 / 08:37 AM EDT / Updated: Aug 28, 2020 / 06:51 PM EDT OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The latest dangerous social media challenge has resulted in the […]