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Exclusive: White House launches TikTok account with Trump saying ‘I am your voice’  Reuters White House joins TikTok after delaying enforcement of sale-or-ban law  CNN The White House just joined TikTok a month before it’s set to be banned (again)  Business Insider White House launches official TikTok account as Trump’s deadline to ban app looms  CBS News White House launches official TikTok account after …

South Korean publishers Nexon are investigating a recent bit of TikTok marketing for their free-to-play shooter The First Descendant, after players spotted some ads that feature AI-generated ‘human’ streamers bigging up the game. Well, we at least have to assume it’s following that, as Nexon’s statement omits mentioning AI in favour of the wonderfully nebulous phrase “certain irregularities”. If you’ve …

Looter-shooter The First Descendant came under fire over the weekend for some TikTok ads featuring incredibly terrible AI fakes of real streamers endorsing the game. But as grimly bad as the ads might be, publisher Nexon’s excuses are somehow even worse. The First Descendant is a free-to-play shooter that’s been around since June, 2024, entirely failing to set the world ablaze …

Hair Syrup Lucie Macleod made an appearance on BBC’s Dragons Den with her hair oils An entrepreneur has said several accounts listed fake versions of her haircare products on e-commerce platform TikTok Shop. Lucie Macleod, 25, who grew up in Pembrokeshire, is the owner and founder of haircare company Hair Syrup and said she was making “millions of pounds” through …

Matthew Chattle/Future Publishing via Getty Images Claire’s has appointed administrators in the UK and Ireland For Beth Searby, a Saturday as a teenager wasn’t complete without going to Claire’s with her friend. But that tweenage rite of passage looks uncertain as the future of the chain hangs in the balance. Beth and her friends would use their pocket money in …

A San Francisco chef whose restaurant closed down after he was accused of being rude to a TikTok influencer is now speaking out for the first time about the viral controversy. In an interview with the San Francisco Standard, the former co-owner of Kis Cafe, in Hayes Valley, recounted his disastrous meeting with TikTok influencer Karla Marcotte, who posted a …

Misha Brown was walking into his local Circle K gas station in Austin, Texas, when he says a teenage boy approached him and asked him to buy him “Feel Free.” When Brown said no, he said he believed the boy tried to grab his wallet. Brown, 37, recounted the story in a TikTok last month that has over 23 million …

Misha Brown was walking into his local Circle K gas station in Austin, Texas, when he says a teenage boy approached him and asked him to buy him “Feel Free.” When Brown said no, he said he believed the boy tried to grab his wallet. Brown, 37, recounted the story in a TikTok last month that has over 23 million …

Cookbook author and “Your Barefoot Neighbor,” Matthew Bounds. Matthew Bounds hide caption toggle caption Matthew Bounds At a time when a majority of adults say that they are concerned about the cost of food, a new generation of home cooks is teaching audiences on social media how to cook cheap, easy and filling recipes. “Every day in August,” Matthew Bounds …

A Russian influencer’s attempt at going viral ended with a trip to the hospital and a fractured spine after she took on the viral Nicki Minaj “High School” pose TikTok challenge. Mariana Barutkina, a 32-year-old mother and content creator, was reportedly only eight weeks postpartum when she decided to recreate the global icon‘s squatting pose from the 2013 music video. …