All news on the topic: TikTok

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UK parents suing TikTok over their children’s deaths are ’suspicious’ about data claims
Platform references ’legal requirements regarding data removal timelines’ following a lawsuit filed concerning the deaths of children participating in the ’blackout challenge’.
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UK ’lagging in national security’ as China ’might utilize’ DeepSeek AI for espionage in British cars
The UK has lagged behind the US and Europe in safeguarding top government officials from espionage, as artificial intelligence like DeepSeek could be utilized to gather sensitive data, according to LBC.
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Drill rapper shared clips boasting about murdering a teen while incarcerated
The mother of a murdered teenager has urged TikTok to ban her son’s killer from the platform after he posted a rap song bragging about the killing on the platform while behind bars.
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Parents of UK teens sue TikTok over alleged challenge-related deaths
TikTok is being sued by the parents of four British teenagers who believe their children died after taking part in viral trends that circulated on the video-sharing platform in 2022.
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Customers attempt to ram Animal Rising activists during Sainsbury’s meat aisle demonstration
Animal Rights activists have been rammed by frustrated shoppers in a Sainsbury’s supermarket while staging a sit-in protest.
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TikTok star strangled girlfriend, slashed her with vodka bottle and set her alight in horrific four-year abuse campaign
A TikTok star strangled their girlfriend, slashed her with a vodka bottle and set her alight in a horrific campaign of abuse.
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TikTok tutorials teach Brits how to shoplift, turning it into a ’national sport’
TikTok has become an unexpected teacher of criminality, exposing young people to ’attitudes and behaviours which normalise everyday dishonesty and everyday cheating’ boffins reckon.
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Trump unveils plan to save TikTok after US ban takes effect
TikTok is resuming services to its 170 million users hours before Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington on Monday.
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Impact of US TikTok ban: alternative apps, potential effects on the UK, and user implications
The TikTok ban in the US has some UK content creators concerned about what it means for their income and futures with fears the UK could bring in a similar ban on the app.
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TikTok goes offline in the US as ban takes effect two hours early
TikTok has officially gone down for its U.S. users, with a message warning users who open the app that it isn’t currently available.
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Mother finds dirt in her children’s mouths, later realizes it’s her father’s ashes
Thinking it was dirt, the woman vaccuumed up her father’s ashes.
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Supreme Court rules TikTok will be banned in the US starting Sunday
The United States Supreme Court has upheld a ban on TikTok, despite the White House saying the app should be available for Americans.
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Six Chinese firms, including TikTok, face EU privacy complaints
TikTok, Shein, Xiaomi (1810.HK), opens new tab and three other Chinese companies were named in a privacy complaint filed on Thursday by Austrian advocacy group...
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Labour removes video due to offensive Portuguese song lyrics
A badger in a suit walks along a train platform...
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Despite earning £8,000 a month, I am a ’frugal freak’ who reuses bin bags and only owns one plate
In December alone, Bradley, 32, earned a staggering £16,067.
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Donald Trump urges US Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban in hopes of ’political resolution’
US President-elect Donald Trump has requested that the US Supreme Court delay an upcoming TikTok ban as he tries to formulate a "political resolution".
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EU to investigate TikTok over Romania’s canceled presidential elections
The European Commission has opened an investigation against TikTok for facilitating interference in Romania’s 2024 presidential elections.
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TikTok star, 24, fatally shot in broad daylight while sitting in a car
TikTok star and model Gaxiola Orozco was killed when she was targeted by a gunman while sitting in her Mercedes Benz
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Police search for TikTokker HSTikkyTokky who allegedly crashed £220,000 McLaren after failing to appear in court
Police have launched an appeal to find a TikTok influencer who is wanted for failing to appear at court.
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JPMorgan sues customers over alleged fraud associated with TikTok’s viral glitch
US bank accuses four users of stealing about $660,000 in total from ATMs using fake cheques
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Sex slave abducted at 11 is freed after 10 years, thanks to a TikTok video
One TikTok video from an Isis sex slave kidnapped as a child led to a secret rescue operation to get her out of captivity.
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TikTok star Taylor Rousseau Grigg dies suddenly at 25
TikTok star Taylor Rousseau Grigg has died aged 25.
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TikTok has banned Russian state media accounts for engaging in "covert influence operations" ahead of the U.S. election
The massively popular video app follows Meta’s recent move and pulls down accounts associated with the Russian state.
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My son is dangerous online incel spewing out misogynistic hate like Andrew Tate
IT is every parent’s worst nightmare that their child will go off the rails in their school years.
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How TikTok bots and AI have powered a resurgence in UK far-right violence
Experts warn growth of extremist influencers and ‘micro-donations’ could create even bigger wave of unrest