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TikTok executive Michael Beckerman insisted that the Chinese-owned social media platform does not share user data with the Chinese government during a Senate hearing on Tuesday.

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, teenage girls around the world have reportedly been showing up at doctors’ offices with newly developed tics — physical jerking movements and verbal outbursts — which doctors believe could be caused by the Chinese-owned social media app, TikTok.

A former FedEx driver no longer works for the company after posting a TikTok video in which he stated he would not deliver packages to Biden supporters.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and the head of Connecticut’s school superintendents are calling on the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok to action against the “bathroom challenge” trend on the platform in which students post videos of themselves smashing up bathrooms and stealing school property.

The Chinese version of TikTok, an app called Douyin, is reportedly introducing a “teenage mode” that will limit the amount of time children below the age of 14 are allowed to spend on the video app to 40 minutes a day.

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, which is the lead EU regulator for many tech giants, has reportedly launched two investigations into the Chinese-owned video platform TikTok. The two investigations center on the platform’s collection of the personal data of minors and the transfer of user data to China.

In a recent article, the Wall Street Journal describes how the algorithms of the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok suggests videos of drug use and sexually explicit content to minors. Children and underage teens make up a considerable percentage of TikTok’s American userbase.

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.

A wild video captured in a TikTok post depicts an alligator eating a drone, and suffering severe consequences in the form of internal burning. Smoke began to billow out of the gator’s mouth only moments after it mistook the device for food.

Hasan Piker, Twitch streamer and nephew of The Young Turks founder and failed Democrat congressional candidate Cenk Uygur, a strident socialist who once said the U.S. deserved 9/11, has bought a multi-million dollar mansion in West Hollywood.

According to recent reports, the Chinese communist government has gained a board seat in a key entity of TikTok parent company Bytedance which has raised doubts around the independence of the company and the influence wielded over it by Beijing.

The character wanders around the White House, the White House press room, West Wing offices, and the Executive Office building pretending to do things for the Biden White House team. 

A recent report from the New York Times states that the federal government is using an “influencer army” to promote pro-vaccine campaigns aimed at America’s youth.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) went maskless while playing basketball indoors Tuesday, shortly before lecturing residents about the need to wear one indoors.

A student at Louisiana State University (LSU) who was kicked out of her sorority over a TikTok video critical of the transgender agenda and Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine says the university ignored her request for the incident to be investigated for bias.

A major internet outage knocked tens of thousands of websites and other platforms offline or made them difficult to access on Thursday, including Airbnb, TikTok, the Playstation Network, Steam, Southwest Airlines, Delta Airlines, Ally Bank, and Fidelity.

Social media users are calling out TikTok, saying the Chinese-owned social media platform has banned a video that shows Cuban citizens protesting against their communist government.

Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) is pushing a short pro-vaccine music video featuring a lesbian kiss on social media in order to encourage young people to get inoculated, under the hashtag #getyourshot.

In a rare move for a Hollywood star, Ashton Kutcher has issued a warning about China, saying Beijing could use TikTok to influence the minds of Americans when it comes to issues like Taiwan and the South China Sea.

Black TikTok choreographers have gone on strike, vowing not to create any new dances on the platform until they get credit for their work. They claim TikTok users of other races have been taking dance moves created by black users, and have apparently gained millions of followers and recognition as a result.

Facebook is reportedly altering its popular photo-sharing service Instagram to more closely resemble the megapopular Chinese app TikTok.

Former TikTok employees have recently claimed that there is cause for concern about the megapopular app’s Chinese parent company ByteDance and the tight control it holds over the social media platform.

The U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday that it is rescinding a Trump-era list of prohibited transactions involving the Chinese-owned social media platforms TikTok and WeChat, which sought to block new U.S. downloads of the apps affiliated with the communist regime.

The Idaho deputy marshal who lost his job after mocking NBA star LeBron James in a TikTok video was offered a position with the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office during a recent television interview.

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order revoking former President Trump’s ban on Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat.

A woman who went viral for a clip supporting Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is being criticized for giving her followers a tour of what she claimed is her $2 million apartment.

A neighborhood in Huntington Beach, California, eventually quieted down Sunday following a night when thousands gathered for a party advertised on TikTok.

Authorities in Indonesia arrested a man this week for “blaspheming” against Palestinians in a TikTok video, despite the man’s claim that he meant to disparage Israelis.

A student at Louisiana State University (LSU) was kicked out of her sorority over a TikTok video critical of transgendersism and U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine.

A recent report from GLAAD has stated that Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Twitter are all  “effectively unsafe for LGBTQ users.”

Former President Barack Obama participated in a Tik Tok video to encourage young people to get vaccinated for the Chinese coronavirus.

A law enforcement department in Idaho has publicly responded to what they call the “extreme controversy” caused by a deputy who posted a viral video mocking LeBron James.

The Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok is facing a major legal challenge from the former children’s commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, over the app’s collection and use of children’s data. TikTok faces potential damages in the billions if the lawsuit is successful.

Non-profit organization PragerU, founded by radio host Dennis Prager to produce short informative videos on conservative topics, has been permanently banned from the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok for “multiple violations” of the platform’s community guidelines. According to PragerU, Silicon Valle has a “proven track record of silencing conservative voices and being against free speech,” and TikTok has joined a “competition for who can be the most woke.”

Non-profit organization PragerU, founded by radio host Dennis Prager to produce short informative videos on conservative topics, has been permanently blacklisted from Chinese-owned social media app TikTok.

The Chinese government is using “racial themes” pushed by organizations like Black Lives Matter to undermine America, noted Gordon Chang.