Category: TikTok (ByteDance)

Students Target Teachers in Group TikTok Attack, Shaking Their School

Seventh and eighth graders in Malvern, Pa., impersonating their teachers posted disparaging, lewd, racist and homophobic videos in the first known mass attack of its kind in the U.S.
Who Interviewed ‘Hawk Tuah Girl’? Meet the Guys Behind the Viral Video.

Tim Dickerson and DeArius Marlow shoot man-on-the-street interviews at popular nightlife destinations. Their questions led to an internet sensation.
Can I Bring My Sephora Skin Care Products to Camp?

As young girls continue to embrace elaborate skin care routines, summer camps want to focus on inner beauty.
With Unusual Stories, He Finds a Curious Audience

Thanks to a beat without boundaries, Steven Kurutz can follow trends wherever they take him.
TikTok Video Claims to Catch Man Having Affair, Raising Questions About Privacy

A woman took a sneaky video of a man and woman on a plane, claiming that she was witnessing an extramarital affair.
La ‘ceguera del rubor’ es la nueva tendencia de maquillaje en TikTok

Las influentes de belleza desafían los límites de cuánto rubor soportan unas mejillas.
The Voices of A.I. Are Telling Us a Lot

Even as the technology advances, stubborn stereotypes about women are re-encoded again and again.
What Is ‘Blush Blindness’? What to Know About the TikTok Makeup Trend.

If you’re not sure, you might have what some people on TikTok are calling “blush blindness.”
Ivy Karlsgodt’s Victorian Lampshades Are a TikTok Hit

Viewers find Ivy Karlsgodt’s creations beautiful and her process meditative.
These Grieving Parents Want Congress to Protect Children Online

A group is using the Mothers Against Drunk Driving playbook, sharing personal tragedies, to lobby for the Kids Online Safety Act.
260 McNuggets? McDonald’s Ends A.I. Drive-Through Tests Amid Errors

Ordering mistakes frustrated customers during nearly three years of tests. But competitors like White Castle and Wendy’s say their A.I. ordering systems have been highly accurate.
TikTok Lays Out Past Efforts to Address U.S. Concerns

The company said the disclosures support its argument that a law signed by President Biden in May is unconstitutional.