7 h. ago Callander man jailed after buying illegal stun gun for TikTok content

His defence solicitor told Stirling Sheriff Court that he had planned to use the 500,000 volt stun gun to "stun himself, make videos, try and make people laugh, and try and make some cash out if it.”

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5 d. ago Nigerian content creator ‘London bus aunty’ up for UK TikTok award

Nigerian content creator ‘London bus aunty’ up for UK TikTok award  Punch Newspapers

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1 week ago UK MPs urged to investigate TikTok’s plans to cut 439 content moderator jobs

Trade unions and online safety experts sign letter warning jobs losses could expose children to harmful contentTrade unions and online safety experts have urged MPs to investigate TikTok’s plans to make hundreds of jobs for UK-based content moderators redundant.The video app company is planning 439 redundancies in its trust and safety team in London, leading to warnings that the jobs losses will have implications for online safety. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Half of girls exposed to harmful content online with teens twice as likely to see it on TikTok and X

Research from the Molly Rose Foundation found teenagers were twice as likely to encounter ‘high risk’ content on TikTok and X than other major platforms

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2 w. ago 'Man wiped unknown substance on me but things got more scary when I returned home'

A TikTok content creator was left confused when a man wiped an unknown substance on her arm. But when she went home, she was left gobsmacked at what it might have been

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3 w. ago The queues at viral restaurants are nothing to do with eating, and everything to do with bragging rights

For a TikTok creator, the wait means content. For everyone else? It’s just a lost afternoon, writes Amira Arasteh

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last month UK’s YouTube and TikTok content creators deserve more rights, say MPs

Cross-party group to ‘tear down barriers that stifle talent’, from mortgage difficulties to filming permit problemsUK politics live – latest updatesA new cross-party group of MPs and peers is demanding more rights for Britain’s growing army of online content creators, amid concerns they face obstacles in securing everything from basic equipment to mortgages.The rise of content creators on YouTube and TikTok has transformed the media world, with individual streamers each attracting millions of subscribers to their channels. New research has suggested they are worth £2.2bn to the economy. Continue reading...

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