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Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony. Image: Team GB Facebook page Out athletes competing in the Olympic Games have in recent weeks been targeted and outed by TikTok and Twitter users who are exploiting Grindr’s explore feature to hone in on the Tokyo Olympic village. There are a record number of 142…

A man was arrested in connection with a shooting that killed an 18-year-old woman and seriously wounded a 19-year-old social media influencer as they watched "The Forever Purge" at a Southern California movie theater, police said. Rylee Goodrich is dead, and Anthony Barajas was on life support. Anthony Barajas, known…

A teen social media influencer was on life support Wednesday, and his friend was dead, after suffering gunshot wounds during the screening of a horror film at a theater in a mall southeast of Los Angeles earlier this week. The Corona Police Department said that 19-year-old Anthony Barajas had attended…

Videos posted on TikTok depicting e-cigarettes mostly make vaping look cool and fun, researchers found. An analysis of 808 videos, selected using hashtags on vaping, indicated that 63% portrayed e-cigarettes in a positive light, whereas only 13% were judged negative; the remaining 24% were considered neutral, according to doctoral student…

(Source: PConline) Douyin, the Chinese mainland version of TikTok, has recently launched two new functions, namely Yao Yi Yao, meaning “shake it”, and “learning” for acquiring knowledge about the video creation process. Yao Yi Yao is now integrated into the area bar, located at the top of the Douyin homepage,…

Indigenous TikTok creators from Yukon say the social media platform is challenging stereotypes about their cultures — and creating a community. Kayla Mintz (left) and Nesta Hager (right) are Yukon-based TikTok content creators. They say they're using the social media platform to break Indigenous stereotypes and find community. (Submitted by…

A dangerous trend on TikTok has allegedly caused the death of at least three children this year. (Photo Ilustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. A dangerous trend from years past is making a deadly comeback with some young…

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The Spanish National Police have, at the request of America, arrested UK citizen Joseph O’Connor in Estepona, Spain, in connection with the July 2020 takeover of more than 130 Twitter accounts. The US Department of Justice said that, in addition to the alleged Twitter account joyride, O'Connor, 22, has been…

TikTok has announced it is hosting its first ever Small Biz Block Party, a 20-event workshop series where business owners gather, discuss tactics and strategies, and learn from each other. The workshop series are free to attend and are designed to help small business owners get together, learn, network and…