On TikTok, 2024 starts … now.
Category: Social Media
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A Social Media Star at 98
Dorothy Wiggins needed a hobby after the death of her husband. Now she’s big on TikTok and Instagram.
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TikTok Users Critique ‘Sad Beige’ Apartment
Is “sad beige” finally over?
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Russell Brand’s Alternate Reality
The British entertainer built an army of fans with his conspiracy-minded podcast. Now, amid sex-assault claims against him, they’ve become his whole world.
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Artist Auguste Toulmouche’s “The Hesitant Fiancée” Finds a New Life on TikTok as a Symbol of Women’s Anger
An 1866 painting by Auguste Toulmouche is being repurposed online as a conduit for women’s anger.
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TikTokers Mourn the Shutdown of Omegle
The popular video app was beloved for producing spontaneous encounters, which many content creators turned into followers and profits.
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TikToker’s Mourn the Shutdown of Omegle
The popular video app was beloved for producing spontaneous encounters, which many content creators turned into followers and profits.
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Omegle Shuts Down as Founder Acknowledges Crime on Video Chat Site
Omegle’s popularity surged during the pandemic. But critics said that it let online sexual predators go unchecked.
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Lawmakers Renew Calls to Ban TikTok After Accusations of Anti-Israel Content
The criticism has put the popular video app on its heels at a precarious time.
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Can’t Make the Concert? Livestreamers Are Coming to the Rescue.
As fans struggle to buy increasingly hard-to-get tickets (at escalating costs), livestreamers packing cellphones and batteries are offering another way to see the show.
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Meta to Require Political Advertisers to Disclose Use of A.I.
The social networking giant, which has long had a contentious relationship with political ads, is reckoning with a wave of generative A.I. tools.
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Can You Understand Gen Alpha’s Slang?
Are you a “sigma”? Do you have “rizz”? The youngest generation is bamboozling its elders with terms all their own.