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Somehow the Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber discourse continues to dominate headlines and TikTok feeds in 2023. Fans of the 30-year-old pop star and the 26-year-old model have been going to battle for their faves since 2018 when news broke that Justin Bieber had proposed to Hailey Baldwin just six…

TikTok faces further setbacks as the US House Foreign Affairs Committee grants President Joe Biden authority to prohibit the Chinese-owned app, depending on his evaluation of the situation, amidst ongoing security concerns regarding its possible links to the CCP. The US government has already declared a complete prohibition of TikTok…

Thursday, March 2: The feds have banned the app on government cellphones. Will the provinces follow suit? You can write to us at letters@ottawacitizen.com Canadian government phones can no longer carry the TikTok app. Photo by FLORENCE LO /REUTERS Will others ban TikTok on phones? Advertisement 2 This advertisement has…

Drugmaker Eli Lilly is slashing the price of insulin to no more than $35 a month. A key House committee has voted to give President Biden the power to ban TikTok. And the second time was a charm: SpaceX and NASA launched a four man crew to the space station…

TikTok will automatically limit screen time for users under 18 to one hour per day, the ByteDance-owned short video platform announced on Wednesday. A statement from the company added that teenagers could choose to opt out of the default, but they will still receive a notification prompting them to set…

WHEN baby Gavin was born in 2017, he was average sized, but soon went viral in 2020 for his stature. Gavin's mum posted a viral video showing three-year-old Gavin playing with his dad and shocked viewers - but now he's unrecognisable. 5 Gavin can be seen playing on his dad…

A TikToker has unveiled a heartbreaking food revelation and noodle fans are not amused. The sound of air gushing out like a too-easily released fart, rubbing it in right in our faces that we bought a share bag but only got about two-packets' worth of fried goodness - and that's…

Photo Credit: Rene DeAnda About two months after the No TikTok On Government Devices Act became law, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has officially instructed all executive agencies to remove the highly controversial app within 30 days. The White House order for federal agencies (as well as certain…

WASHINGTON — The White House is giving all federal agencies 30 days to wipe TikTok off all government devices, as the Chinese-owned social media app comes under increasing scrutiny in Washington over security concerns. The Office of Management and Budget calls the guidance, issued Monday, a “critical step forward in…

What event took place on TikTok last week and got mixed reviews from users? The answer: TikTok Trivia. The five-day trivia marathon, which was heavily promoted by a widget on users' For You pages, wrapped up Sunday. The game, which was presented by Lionsgate and "John Wick: Chapter 4," gave…