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A mother has sparked concern from netizens after she shared a cryptic post online. The mother of one shared an emotional video on her TikTok page, hinting about going through a difficult phase. In the video, she’s seen crying profusely while appealing to netizens to tell her son that she…

Youth, Identified as Tobenna on TikTok has advised Nigerians against money Rituals According to Tobenna, he currently has few days to live and anytime he remembers that, he feels heartbroken A young man identified as Tobenna on TikTok has revealed how he became depressed after involving in money rituals. He…

With high rental prices, it's little wonder that some 'creative' tenants are finding ways to cut costs.  But squeezing 11 people into one HDB flat? In a series of TikTok videos uploaded on Monday (Feb 13), property agent Ina Sultan shared her experience, documenting how she had to ask these tenants to leave before they got…

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) reintroduced a bill with Sen. Angus King (I-ME) on Friday to ban TikTok unless the app is fully divested of Chinese ownership, announcing that “momentum is growing” to pass the legislation. Rubio and King’s bill — the Averting the National Threat of Internet Surveillance, Oppressive Censorship and…

TikTok’s power to create inescapable hits out of songs has been one of the platform’s defining features since everyone turned to it during early COVID-19 lockdowns. The most recent earworm to get stuck in people’s heads, “If We Ever Broke Up,” is now out on streaming services from Mae Stephens,…

You know Sweet Anita. You’ve seen her streams, stumbled across her Twitter account, or watched clips of her on TikTok. She’s likable—the kind of person you could watch do anything, even as she clicks her tongue, whistles, and tells you fuck off. You’ve probably had her curse you out on…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Widespread tensions caused by a rift within Ethiopia’s Orthodox Christian church have resulted in the suspension of access to social media platforms including TikTok, Facebook and Telegram. The internet observatory NetBlocks confirmed social media platforms had been “restricted in Ethiopia amid anti-government protests” as of Thursday…

K.S., a 14-year-old girl The Daily Beast is identifying by her initials to protect her privacy, was 12 years old when she first downloaded TikTok, a video app all her friends seemed to be newly hooked on. It was early 2020, and once COVID-19 hit, K.S. found herself with little…

The surgeon general is the “nation’s doctor” in the United States. He or she is tasked with giving Americans the “best scientific information” about their health. Late last month the current US surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, warned that 13 is too young to join social media. He said it posed…

A CURVY creator revealed the outfits that she wears to prove plus-size people can be stylish. The TikTok user, who goes by It's The Curves For Me, showed her followers some of her everyday looks. 4 TikTok user It's The Curves For Me shared some of her stylish looks with…