54 minutes ago TikTok ban latest: Trump vows to issue executive order on Monday in bid to get app back up

During his first administration, Trump pushed for a TikTok ban over national security concerns with China in 2020

Politics

16 hours ago I did a favour for a friend but it ended with a TikTok lawyer sharing a deepfake of me being racist... I was sent home from work and nearly jailed

May 2 last year, Cheryl Bennett, 27, agreed to help out a colleague, Qasim Mughal, who was standing in the local elections that day by delivering Labour Party leaflets.

Society

68 minutes ago Voices: America’s loss, our gain: Britain’s TikTok revolution starts now

With TikTok blocked in the US, the UK has an opportunity to reshape the platform with British humour, creativity and quirks, says Flic Everett

Economics

63 minutes ago I'm A Celeb's GK Barry 'felt pressure' to have cosmetic surgery in candid admission

TikTok star GK Barry has spoken about having previously 'felt pressure' to change her appearance and said that she wears less makeup following her time on I'm A Celebrity

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3 hours ago TikTok Influencers from across the world react to US ban as app 'goes dark' for its 170million American users

The Chinese-based video app has officially shut down its services for 170 million American TikTokers after the Supreme Court allowed the ban in a shock ruling on Friday.

Technology

2 hours ago Our daughters slept in 'sheds' in the back garden for years and they loved it

A video of Megan Wilkinson's 'shed bedroom' has gone viral on TikTok but there's so much more to this house than the two rooms in the back garden

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30 hours ago Do you think your child is hyperactive? I'm a nutritionist and here are the surprising foods that will help manage behaviour

According to public health nutritionist and author of 'Nutrition for ADHD and Dyslexia', Dr Emma Derbyshire, there really are surprising foods that can impact behaviour.

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4 hours ago Subversive, warm and wild at heart: David Lynch deserves all his tributes

The late director sided with the outsider and saw things in America no one else could see. His startling oeuvre changed film and television for everDavid Lynch, the director of Twin Peaks, Eraserhead and Blue Velvet, who has died at the age of 78, leaves behind the cinematic descriptor “Lynchian”, described in the Oxford English Dictionary as “juxtaposing surreal or sinister elements with the mundane” and “using compelling visual images to emphasise a dreamlike quality of mystery or menace”.Even this may not be enough for Lynch obsessives, for whom he was the ultimate countercultural outlier, the weirdo’s weirdo, who changed film and television for ever. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago TikTok ban: VPN interest surges as Americans look for best ways to continue using app

Web searches for “VPN” spiked in the minutes after US users lost access to TikTok

Technology

5 hours ago ‘Should we grieve, rejoice or cry?’: Palestinians in Gaza react to ceasefire

Celebrations break out across the territory but many are worried ceasefire will break down and war will resumeIsrael-Gaza war – latest updatesPalestinians in Gaza celebrated the ceasefire that came into effect at 9.15am GMT on Sunday, describing “the most beautiful joy in the world” after 15 months of devastating war that has killed tens of thousands there and laid waste to swaths of the territory.“I feel very beautiful. We hope that God will complete this joy and that we return to our homes and lands safely. This is the most beautiful joy in the world, thank God,” said Moaz Qirqiz, 46. Continue reading...

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24 hours ago Horrified fans slam TikTok influencers admitting they've been lying about content just one day before ban

Many content creators took the opportunity - before losing their livelihoods when the TikTok ban comes into effect - to reveal their most popular videos had always been fake.

Technology

4 hours ago Cat videos not a security threat, minister says as he rules out UK TikTok ban

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones downplayed concerns over security issues that have led to a US ban of the social media app

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7 hours ago SNL pokes fun at typical TikTok user’s reaction to app being banned in US

‘I don’t remember how to live without it,’ comedian Michael Longfellow quipped

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4 hours ago Cat videos not a security threat, says minister as he rules out UK TikTok ban

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones said the Government was not currently intending to follow in the footsteps of the US and ban the app.

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16 hours ago Gladiators star Apollo left 'very worried' after being 'harassed on set by sinister stalker' as BBC bosses 'increase security and call in police'

Gladiators star Apollo has reportedly been harassed by a female stalker while filming the hit BBC show in Sheffield, with bosses calling in the police to investigate.

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5 hours ago What is Rednote? Previously unknown Chinese app gains popularity after TikTok ban

TikTok stopped working in the United States on 18 January and disappeared from app stores ahead of law requiring shutdown of the platform

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24 hours ago TikTok 'refugees' flock to Rednote as experts warn Chinese app could suffer same fate

Users are flocking to another social media video app following the Supreme Court upholding the TikTok ban, but with it appearing the same, experts warn Rednote could face the same fate

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5 hours ago Tennis star Coco Gauff says TikTok ban ‘will force me to read books more’

The 20-year-old has more than 750,000 followers on the platform as well as millions of likes and views.

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25 hours ago Creamy tomato soup that's 'better than Heinz' contains one secret ingredient

One TikTok user has shared her recipe for creamy tomato soup with deliciously crispy homemade croutons - and the dish packs in 20g of protein

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5 hours ago TikTok Influencers from across the world react to US ban as app 'goes dark' for its 170million American users over concerns about its links to the Chinese government: 'Come back soon!'

The Chinese-based video app has officially shut down its services for 170 million American TikTokers after the Supreme Court allowed the ban in a shock ruling on Friday.

Politics

26 hours ago ‘A lot of chaos, quickly’: panic grips US music industry as ‘kingmaker’ TikTok faces ban

Labels and artists forced to rethink marketing strategies as viral hit-making app faces possible US shutdown on SundayOn a recent Monday morning, Olivia Shalhoup opened her laptop and steeled herself for a day of meetings. Around 40% of her work as the founder of Amethyst, a marketing and PR agency, focuses on helping musicians navigate TikTok. On this particular day, the fate of the app in the US hung in the balance, with a supreme court ruling looming, and her clients were tense. “The big thing we were talking about in every single call is: ‘What are we going to do?’” Shalhoup said. “To say that TikTok is crucial to artist campaigns right now is an understatement. No one is immune from this.”Since its debut in 2017, TikTok has become a star-making machine, as short-form video content has eclipsed traditional forms of music promotion such as TV and radio. The app has the power to make rising artists into A-listers, propel their ascent to the top of the charts, and turn Magic FM sta...

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7 hours ago TikTok vanishes in US as ban takes effect and Trump hints at possible reprieve

President-elect says he will consider putting app back on market to ease America’s relations with China

Politics

27 hours ago Chinese rival app Xiaohongshu is overwhelmed by ‘TikTok refugees’ in US

Social media accounts blocked for breaking Beijing rules as millions of users join up before ban takes effectNine invaluable things I’ve learned from TikTokWhen Angelica Oung received the notification that her Xiaohongshu account had been blocked for violating the social media app’s code of conduct, her mind started racing.The only picture she had posted on her account, apart from her profile headshot, was of herself wearing an inflatable polar bear suit, holding a sign saying: “I love nuclear”. What could be the problem with that, wondered Oung, a clean energy activist in Taiwan. Continue reading...

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10 hours ago TikTok ban latest: App goes dark with ‘temporarily unavailable’ message but hopes Trump will save it

TikTok posts message saying the incoming president, who will be sworn in on Monday, could help the app get up and running again

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28 hours ago ‘Discovered’ diaries of British socialite Unity Mitford reveal Hitler relationship

Diaries, believed to be genuine, chronicle 139 pre-war meetings between antisemitic British socialite Unity Mitford and the Nazi leaderThe diary of an antisemitic British socialite who was obsessed with Adolf Hitler and struck up a personal relationship with the Nazi leader has been discovered, according to the Daily Mail.The leather-bound journals, which had been lost to historians and unseen for eight decades, appear to reveal the extent of aristocrat Unity Mitford’s relationship with the dictator. Continue reading...

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11 hours ago Coco Gauff writes ‘RIP TikTok USA’ on TV camera at Australian Open as app goes offline

Tennis star was mourning the loss of the popular app back home

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33 hours ago Rami Malek on rebellion, racism, and still feeling like an outsider: ‘I’m white passing, but growing up in LA, we definitely didn’t fit in’

He was an unruly teenager in 90s Los Angeles, who became feted for his turns as Freddie Mercury and a Bond villain. Now he’s turning to Greek tragedy on the London stageRami Malek, in one graceful sweep, lifts the food delivery bags from an assistant and holds open the door of the photographic studio. He showers the room with greetings, asking names, responding to questions: he’s doing good, thanks; his Thanksgiving was good, thanks, his partner (actor Emma Corrin) threw a surprise dinner for him, trimmings and all, and he was blown away. He shakes hands with the crew, jokes about the music, apologises for being late. His fault, he maintains. But there’s something else. In all these small interactions, Malek is quick to flip focus on to the other person: no, but how are they? How is their Sunday? I wonder as I watch him, is this real? Is this who he is? I’d read that he liked the way Tom Hanks is attentive to all those he works with. That Malek learned this in 2010 while working on ...

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11 hours ago Brits taught how to shoplift through TikTok as it becomes our new 'national sport'

TikTok has become an unexpected teacher of criminality, exposing young people to 'attitudes and behaviours which normalise everyday dishonesty and everyday cheating' boffins reckon

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34 hours ago Emma Raducanu crushed by ruthless Iga Swiatek as Australian Open dreams come crashing down

The British number two lost 11 games in a row in a 6-1 6-0 hammering as the Pole showed her class

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12 hours ago TikTok officially goes dark... but the banned app says 'please stay tuned' for Trump intervention

TikTok, the viral social media platform where billions created and shared short videos, has officially gone dark for US users on Saturday evening.

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38 hours ago Homeless TikTok star who was 'exploited for likes' dies in street: Charity blasts Gen Zers who gave woman, 34, cash and alcohol to sing, dance and swim in fountains for the camera

Keeley Thorton - known as 'Sheffield Keeley' on social media platform TikTok - was reportedly found unconscious in the city centre on Tuesday, January 14.

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12 hours ago TikTok goes dark 90 minutes before deadline but posts message suggesting Trump could save it

The move comes a day after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law barring it for U.S. users

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40 hours ago Censorship, homework help and cats: China’s RedNote users welcome ‘TikTok refugees’

Americans fleeing the looming TikTok ban have been warmly welcomed to app Xiaohongshu – or RedNote – despite China’s tight restrictions on what can be posted“It is the coolest thing,” says Huang Ziyan, a longtime user of Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, describing the experience as a “21st-century Tower of Babel”.Huang is referring to the influx of US “TikTok refugees” fleeing the impending ban and the resulting cross-cultural exchange that has seen Americans warmly welcomed – and sometimes given a few helpful tips. Continue reading...

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12 hours ago TikTok ban live: App goes offline with message saying it’s ‘temporarily unavailable’ but suggests Trump could save it

TikTok posts message saying the incoming president, who will be sworn in on Monday, could help the app get up and running again

Politics

14 hours ago What time will TikTok go dark? Everything to know about the ban and what could happen next if it goes down

The clock is ticking towards a U.S. ban on TikTok, but users seeking clarity on what that will mean got little information on Saturday from the company that runs the popular video platform.

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19 hours ago Mikel Arteta 'very worried' about William Saliba injury as Arsenal face huge blow

William Saliba missed Arsenal's 2-2 draw with Aston Villa because of a hamstring injury and Mikel Arteta provided a concerning update on his star defender post-match

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20 hours ago Arsenal: Mikel Arteta 'very worried' as William Saliba set for tests on hamstring injury

Gunners struggled in defence against Aston Villa in Saliba’s absence

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21 hours ago Stressed about Trump’s return? You’re not alone. Therapists are inundated with people worried about Trump 2.0

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, Richard Hall speaks to therapists about how their (mostly liberal) clients are preparing for the chaos of a second term

Politics

21 hours ago How Trump plans to halt nationwide TikTok ban on his first day in office

In a phone interview with NBC News, Trump said he hadn't yet made a final decision but was considering the move ahead of assuming office on Monday.

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