A dangerous social media trend on TikTok has left a 9-year-old Illinois boy with serious injuries, prompting doctors and parents to warn others about the risks tied to viral online challenges.
The TikTok deal reached a turning point Thursday as the social media platform finalized a Trump-backed agreement creating a majority American-owned joint venture, effectively sidestepping a potential U.S. ban.
Five grieving British families have launched a landmark lawsuit against TikTok in a Delaware court, accusing the social media giant of promoting deadly content.
Federal authorities have arrested a Minnesota man accused of posting a TikTok video that offered a cash bounty for the murder of former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Oracle will fully recreate TikTok’s recommendation algorithm for the U.S. market as part of a pending sale of the app’s American operations to a group of U.S. investors.
A disturbing new trend on TikTok is sparking nationwide alarm as pranksters use AI-generated images to fabricate home invasions, terrifying family members and triggering SWAT-level emergency responses. Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. are now issuing stern warnings: this viral prank isn’t just dangerous—it could be criminal.
The heartbreaking subway surfing tragedy that claimed the life of 12-year-old Brooklyn girl Zemfira Mukhtarov is shedding light on the dangerous social media culture that glorifies risk over reason.
China’s social media giant TikTok is once again under fire after a new investigation revealed that its algorithm actively pushes pornographic and sexual content to children as young as 13. The findings come from Global Witness, a nonprofit research group that tested the app using fake teenage accounts.