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On Tuesday, Ocean Spray surprised viral TikTok video sensation, Nathan Apodaca, with a new pickup truck filled with juice. Under the username @420doggface208, Apodaca uploaded a video of himself longboarding along to the Fleetwood Mac song “Dreams,” while sipping some cran-raspberry juice. The video garnered over 25 million views and sparked …

Written By @cabbagepatchgrl On August 6, Donald Trump signed an executive order against the TikTok app, demanding its ByteDance owners sell to a company in the United States or risk being banned. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The White House expressed national security concerns in its order, claiming the app is sharing user information …

TikTok has become very popular during the quarantine by offering a platform where creatives are able to make original or remade content videos. However, the level of traffic they receive on a day to day basis has put them at a disadvantage in quickly regulating dangerous content. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A new …

TikTok has asked a federal court to stop Donald Trump’s ban of the app ahead of its September 27 deadline to complete a deal with Oracle and Walmart that meets government approval. The motion for a preliminary injunction was filed on Wednesday in Washington D.C.after, a suit came on Friday, …

The Trump administration announced that starting Sunday, September 20, it will restrict access to the popular short-form video app TikTok. But don’t fear TikTok’ ers, if you have the app already installed, this doesn’t pertain to you. But if you don’t, go head over to the app store and download …

A video of a Mississippi Army veteran taking his own life has gone viral on TikTok, exposing viewers as young as 13 to the graphic footage. The company is now working around the clock to stop the video from spreading any further and ban users who have uploaded it. However, …

Throughout the pandemic, we have seen aspiring TikTokers post a series of attention-seeking tactics to go viral, but what is considered going too far? Perhaps murder? 18-year-old Zachary Latham repeatedly stabbed his 51-year-old neighbor, William Durham, Sr., to death in May during an ongoing family feud, Complex reported. The family …

Trump is following through on his previous statement that he will ban TikTok. On Thursday, Trump issued executive orders to ban the app and WeChat in 45 days after citing national security fears. In response, TikTok has threatened to take legal action against the order that states the U.S. will …

Instagram has launched Reels, its answer to TikTok, on Wednesday. The Facebook-owned company added the feature, which allows users to shoot, edit, and post 15-second video clips set to music or audio, Billboard reports. The videos can be viewed via Instagram’s Explore page. Director of product Tessa Lyons-Laing said Reels …

During a White House briefing, Trump said he would ban TikTok unless it is sold to a United States company by September 15th. The Trump administration claims TikTok poses a national security threat because a Chinese company, ByteDance, owns it. Microsoft has expressed interest in buying TikTok. Trump said that …

TikTok general manager Vanessa Pappas said on Saturday that the Chinese app isn’t going anywhere, despite Donald Trump threatening to ban the video-sharing service by executive order. “We’re not planning on going anywhere,” said Pappas in a video shared on TikTok. “When it comes to safety and security we’re building …

Social media phenom TikTok is being sued by Triller for the use of its green screen video technology. According to a complaint filed Wednesday in the western district of Texas, the LA-based social video app, which is owned by Proxima Media, is suing TikTok and its parent company Bytedance for …

The U.S. is ‘” looking at” banning the popular Chinese app TikTok because of a supposed threat to national security. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that the video app, as well as other Chinese social media apps, could be banned over fears users’ private information could be stolen …

Los Angeles coronavirus cases lower, Saturday Night Live returns,” TikTok promises $375 million to coronavirus relief and more. Things are starting to look up, as the pandemic comes to its highest peak in these next few weeks. There are currently 1,602,899 cases, 95,685 deaths and 356,283 recoveries. Luckily, many of …

Lizzo is calling out TikTok for allegedly removing her videos where she’s wearing a swimsuit. On Tuesday, the Grammy-winning artist claimed the social media platform was secretly taking down her posts. “TikTok keeps taking down my videos with me in my bathing suits,” reads text she posted over a video …

The Army, following the lead of the Navy and direct guidance from the Defense Department, has banned the short form video app TikTok from all government-owned phones, according to an Army spokeswoman. According to NBC News, the Defense Information Systems Agency recommended that all employees of the Defense Department not …

U.S. regulators have launched an investigation into ByteDance, the Chinese owner of the popular application TikTok. According to Variety, regulators are looking into the potential national security risks due to the fact that ByteDance is based in China. The company obtained Musically for $1 billion in November of 2017, afterward …