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New York City has a message for anyone emboldened by a viral TikTok challenge thought to be behind spiking car thefts in the five boroughs and across the country: We’re coming for you. It also has a warning for Kia and Hyundai owners with the affected models: Get a software upgrade. It’s free. Thursday’s joint announcement from Mayor Eric...

Sam Gouveia, a fourth-grader, is teased at school. But on TikTok, he’s a legend.

The White House’s CapCut-created video was posted the same day Congress grilled TikTok’s CEO over national security concerns.

As Congress considers legislation to restrict the use of the viral video app, Paul has split from members of his party to come out against a potential ban, citing free speech grounds.

On the one side are dozens of lawmakers on Capitol Hill issuing dire warnings about security breaches and possible Chinese surveillance. On the other are some 150 million TikTok users in the U.S.

A Long Island couple is suing the company that owns TikTok, saying that videos on the popular social media app glorified suicide and led to their son’s death. Dean and Michelle Nasca state in the lawsuit that the app directed more than 1,000 videos promoting suicide, hopelessness and self-harm to their 16-year-old son Chase’s curated “For You” page. The...

The TikTok account for the popular snack brand uploaded a video on Tuesday to debunk recent viral posts from users who said people can eat the snack without having to take off its plastic lining.

Holocaust survivor Tova Friedman is a TikTok star at age 85, thanks to her 17-year-old grandson. In the family living room in Morristown, New Jersey, Aron Goodman records his grandmother talking about her life in 1944 and 1945 as a 6-year-old child at the Auschwitz death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. They say they clips have garnered 75 million views since...

Shou Zi Chew’s testimony comes at a crucial time for the company, which has acquired 150 million American users but is under increasing pressure from U.S. officials concerned about data security and user safety.

A New York lawmaker is coming to the defense of social media giant TikTok, as he explained why he thinks the Chinese-owned app should not be banned.

Democratic Congressman Jamaal Bowman from Westchester is coming to the defense of TikTok. Lynda Baquero reports.

Is there something other than the taste of lobster that compels us to eat the iconic Maine food?

The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI will investigate the social platform following allegations that the company spied on journalists.

TikTok remains extremely popular and is used by two-thirds of teens in the U.S. But there is increasing concern that Beijing could obtain control of American user data that the app has obtained.

Shares in U.S. social media firms Snap and Meta jumped after a report indicated that the Biden Administration could ban TikTok.

Neutral palettes, barely-there makeup and clean lines are everywhere, but creators are taking issue with this new trend.

There’s a new sweet treat rolling its way through TikTok: ice cream wrapped in a Fruit Roll-Up.

The White House threw its support behind a new bipartisan Senate bill that would give the Biden administration the power to ban TikTok in the U.S.

A New York plastic surgeon has gone viral for cautioning that too much of doing this exercise could make your face age prematurely.

Sen. Mark Warner said he is launching a broad bipartisan bill that will outline an approach to banning or prohibiting foreign technology like TikTok.