In many ways, social media platforms like TikTok have helped democratize mental health discussions around things like ADHD. But researchers find the information is not always accurate. Fiordaliso/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Fiordaliso/Getty Images In many ways, social media platforms like TikTok have helped democratize mental health discussions around things like ADHD. But researchers
Tom Gerken Technology reporter Kayleigh Gresty Sadie said she didn’t think the filter should be allowed on TikTok without some kind of warning TikTok users have told the BBC they think a viral tool which makes people appear overweight should be banned from the platform. Known as a “chubby filter”, the artificial intelligence (AI) tool
Doctors are spearheading an exodus from the NHS in the UK to Dubai, to enjoy tax-free bumper pay packets – while showing off their new lives on TikTok. Medics are being encouraged to join the throng taking up newly booming health roles in the United Arab Emirates, where recruits can pocket up to almost £300,000
Speaker Mike Johnson celebrated President Trump’s upcoming speech to Congress on Tuesday by welcoming a group of influencers to Capitol Hill. He was not there to film any fun videos or viral stunts with the group, as he explained later during an interview with Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany on Outnumbered on Friday. ‘We don’t
Social media giant Meta has offered to pay up to $5,000 (£4,040) to popular creators in the United States who join Facebook and Instagram. It says those joining from “third-party social apps” will get cash based on “an evaluation of your social presence”. Though it does not mention TikTok by name, the timing would suggest
Instead of heading to the store for some VapoRub, influencers are placing onions on their chest to get rid of stubborn coughs. In a TikTok earlier this month, Amoreena McNally, a radiologic technologist, said she’d been suffering from a dry, painful cough since the end of the August, and felt there was something in her chest
As people are displaced by the Israeli air strikes pounding the Beirut suburb of Dahieh, two TikTokers are filming the damage for families who have fled. Ali Baydoun and Adam Kassak post videos online documenting the scale of damage to buildings for those who have been forced to abandon their homes at short notice. Dahieh,
There’s a new feeling in the air, and it’s not just the cooler weather. It’s a viral phenomenon that TikToker’s have dubbed the ‘October Theory’. The term has been mentioned in more than 36 million posts on the app, quickly becoming an internet sensation. But what does it mean? Creators on TikTok have explained that when
Everyone could do with a little pick-me-up from time to time when life begins to feel a little heavy, but the idea that there’s a formula for happiness has long been debated. However, Gen Z thinks it might have the answer as a trend begins to unfold on TikTok – so-called ‘dopamine menus’ which are
New York influencers are melting down after being dubbed ‘BORING’ by one brave commentator. Now an insider snitch outs the city’s most tedious TikTokers of all!
When your entire career depends on keeping your followers engaged with carefully curated content, there’s no bigger insult than ‘boring’. But that was the word one candid TikToker used to slam the world of New York City social media influencers this week – setting their world aflame. ‘I’m just gonna say it – I hate