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People Are Getting Emotional After Seeing Rob Irwin’s TikTok Videos And Realising How Much He Resembles His Father TikTok

People Are Getting Emotional After Seeing Rob Irwin’s TikTok Videos And Realising How Much He Resembles His Father

Like father, like son — here's to the birth of a new Crocodile Hunter. Like may other celebrities, Rob Irwin has decided to jump on the TikTok bandwagon. His debut video to the app was an adorable homage to Bindi's daughter, Grace, as he poked fun at himself for being…
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September 3, 2021
TikToker Tries to Derail Texas Abortion ‘Whistleblower’ Site with Fake Tips TikTok

TikToker Tries to Derail Texas Abortion ‘Whistleblower’ Site with Fake Tips

An abortion whistleblower site in Texas may be getting carpet-bombed with legions of false tips thanks to the efforts of one TikToker, Sean Black. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court decided 5-4 not to block the Lone Star State’s new law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy while allowing citizens…
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September 3, 2021
TikTok owner ByteDance to sell securities-related businesses: report TikTok

TikTok owner ByteDance to sell securities-related businesses: report

A photo of Bytedance's office in Shanghai. (Image credit: TechNode/Shi Jiayi) Chinese video giant ByteDance plans to sell its securities-related businesses at a price between RMB 500 million ($77.4 million) to RMB 1 billion, Chinese media LatePost reported Wednesday. Why it matters: ByteDance’s ventures into the securities sector have received…
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September 2, 2021
BookTok’s novel approach to books is helping Canadian authors, retailers attract new audiences TikTok

BookTok’s novel approach to books is helping Canadian authors, retailers attract new audiences

BookTok is an online community and hashtag on TikTok where readers post videos of book recommendations, talk about writing novels and make reading-related jokes. With more than 18 billion views, #BookTok is being credited with reigniting interest in young adult fiction. BookTok, a hashtag and online community for book lovers…
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August 29, 2021
Antisemitic and anti-Muslim content is flourishing on TikTok, report finds TikTok

Antisemitic and anti-Muslim content is flourishing on TikTok, report finds

(RNS) — Researchers analyzing TikTok for extremist content have discovered videos that portray Muslims as supporters of terrorism, clips supporting Holocaust denial and users glorifying the mass shooters behind the Christchurch mosque and Tree of Life Synagogue attacks. The Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a London-based nonprofit that tracks extremism online,…
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August 27, 2021