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Media
Montana Becomes First US State to Ban TikTok
Montana has become the first US state to ban TikTok after the governor signed legislation prohibiting mobile application stores from offering the app within the state by next year.
TikTok, which is owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance has come...
Life
Has Social Media killed love? Let’s look at the data.
Did social media kill love? What is love? Your grandmother, your father, your mother can all give an answer. They all have a definition in mind. Do you?
If you are a Millennial or a Gen Z member you might...
entertainment
European Commission Staff Banned From Using TikTok
In a move that reveals escalating tensions between the West and China, the European Commission has banned the usage of the Chinese social media app TikTok by its employees due to security concerns.
Authorities have until March 15 to remove...
Media
Overlooked Book Becomes Bestseller Due to Viral TikTok Video
"Stone Maidens," a book written by Lloyd Devereux Richards in 2012, made its way to the top of the best-seller list after his daughter's TikTok video went viral, sparking a surge in sales that catapulted the book to the...
Life
DINKWAD Lifestyle, the New American Dream
The DINKWAD (double income, no kids, with a dog) lifestyle trend could be the new "American Dream" for Millenials and Gen Z. So-called DINKWADs have become the latest sensation on TikTok and other social media apps.
Acronyms for other variations...
Greek News
Greek Speaking Chinese Students Go Viral
Chinese students attending Shanghai's University of International Studies surprised TikTok users by speaking fluent Greek on a video that went viral on the platform.
The video was posted on the platform by Marianna Lee, a Chinese TikToker, who conducts street...
Animals
A Fox Pays a Surprise Visit to the Acropolis in Athens
A fox visited the Acropolis in Athens recently. This rare incident was captured on video footage uploaded to TikTok.
Marieta Fotinou's video shows a fox ambling down Dionysios Aeropagitou, a pedestrian thoroughfare beneath the Acropolis. Despite these animals being observed...
Food
Greek Farmer Becomes TikTok Star
At dawn, before the sun begins to rise in the village of Axos in Giannitsa, Greece, 39-year-old Anastasia Kalalidou, a Greek farmer, lights up the wooden oven in her home's courtyard and starts the day off by baking or...
Charity
TikTok Accused of Exploiting Starving Families in Syria
A bombshell report published this week by the BBC has revealed that TikTok, the short-term video hosting platform, is exploiting starving families in Syria through its livestream services.
The company, known as Douyin in China, usually features videos from users...
Business
Elon Musk Proceeds with Twitter Buyout Aiming to Create the ‘X’ App
Elon Musk has offered to complete his proposed $44 billion (£38bn) acquisition of Twitter in a U-turn on his decision to walk away from the deal.
Lawyers for Musk confirmed in a court filing on Tuesday that the world’s richest...