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Officials from four Houston-area school districts have implemented a ‘No Backpack’ policy for Friday, Dec. 17 after officials were made aware of a new “social media” challenge.

A receipt seen on TikTok shared by the account "richlife1688" showed that two bowls of rice cost S$18.83.

The country star has been making music for over a decade, but his career really took off this year after ‘Fancy Like’ went viral.

From princesses to superheroes!

Tik Tok sleuths think Brian Laundrie may be hiding in an underground bunker beneath his parents’ flower bed based on drone video footage that some say shows a hand sticking out of the soil.

Kassidy Pierson ‘s older sister broke the news on social media and reminded followers to get their skin checked

Jason M. Silsdorf, 36, of the 500 block of Rockland Road, was charged after police conducted a search warrant at his residence, authorities said.

In today’s In The Village podcast U.S. Rugby Sevens stars Ilona Maher and Abby Gustaitis talk about the now-famous Tik Tok cardboard bed video.

He gained social media fame posting videos of himself cooking on Tik Tok and now he’s is looking to make it big as a contestant on Bravo’s “Top Chef Amateurs.”

Terrified of the "huge" spider on her porch, a woman used Amazon's special instructions section to ask her delivery driver to kill it. He did, and now she's trying to find him to say "Thank you."

Hint: It's not "Shaq Fu."

A notable homophobe who screams at LGBT people on college campuses met her match when a woman in an AstroWorld hoodie at Texas State kissed another woman in front of her.

Wild birthday celebration organised on social media with #adrianskickback hahtag

The Queen of Drill is one of just four females of 46 performers on the festival's announced line-up.

Meet Alissa Teo, the woman behind the social media accounts, Fried Rice Art.

THE INFLUENCER: Barbers Hill's Landry beast on the mound; famous on Tik TokSamantha Landry single-handedly pulled VYPE (@vype_texas001) into the Tik Tok World. She's pretty chill, honestly, and reluctantly posted a Tik Tok a while back. Everyone is into Tik Tok and it's just something everyone has in common. AdShe likes Tik Tok star Charli D'Amilio, of course, and finds inspiration sometimes from a guy "Nate in the Army". "Charli has a great presence on Tik Tok and Nate has helped me get through some personal stuff and is just inspiring," she said.

We tracked down some of Houston’s most popular influencers to find out the secrets of their success. Once you have 10K followers, Instagram lets you add the “Swipe up for link” feature that makes it so convenient for users to shop through your feed. I also have a very curvy body type and so many influencers that I saw, they just were petite. A big hair Instagram account reposted one of those pictures about two years ago and Jones started picking up followers from all over. AdOur own Dominique Sachse and Own Conflenti are also influencers with huge followings on social media.

Local hip hop producer Trakksounds has turned his Tik Tok and Instagram pages into educational resources on how to navigate the ever changing music industry. Trakksounds’ music business tutorial videos - bite-sized, digestible, entertaining nuggets of knowledge - can help you there. Think of them as mini-chapters of the umpteenth edition of Donald S. Passman’s All You Need to Know About The Music Business, catering to a Tik Tok generation and its dreams of 15 second stardom. Make music that you like.”The truth will set you free; a marketing plan will make your music seen. Follow Trakksounds on TikTok and Instagram for tips and tricks on making it in this business.

Some teens and children are intentionally overdosing on the antihistamine, Benadryl, as part of a “challenge” on Tik Tok. While the social media platform has pledged to remove videos publicizing it, local doctors and the Food and Drug Administration are warning parents about ways to recognize if your child is doing this. We are aware of news reports of teenagers ending up in emergency rooms or dying after participating in the “Benadryl Challenge” encouraged in videos posted on the social media application TikTok. BENADRYL® products and other diphenhydramine products should only be used as directed by the label. The most common way people overdoseOne toxicologist said Benadryl is the most common over-the-counter drug to overdose on.

(NBC NEWS) – An 89-year old man in Roy, Utah is “Tik Tok famous” after a family gives him a big tip for pizza delivery. The Valdezes say it’s because of their pizza delivery man Derlin Newey. They say Newey is so kind. He even lets them record his deliveries for their Tik Tok videos, which has become pretty popular with their 53-thousand fans. It’s so popular, fans and the Valdezes raised 12-thousand dollars to give Newey a big delivery tip.

Tik Tok's new headquarters could potentially move to the Lone Star StateTrump approves of the new Tik Tok deal, and the new headquarters could possibly be in Texas. (Photo by Phil Barker/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Trump approves of the new Tik Tok deal, and the new headquarters could possibly be in Texas. The news of the new Tik Tok headquarters moving down south comes after Governor Greg Abbott tweeted Saturday that he pitched Trump on moving the TikTok headquarters to the Lone Star state. “I let him know that if he approves the deal Texas would be the perfect place for the HQ. I let him know that if he approves the deal Texas would be the perfect place for the HQ.

When asked about the TikTok deal during a press conference Friday afternoon, President Donald Trump said it could happen "quickly," and pointed to the U.S. companies involved, like Oracle. The Commerce Department announced Friday morning that it will ban U.S. business transactions with Chinese-owned social apps WeChat and TikTok on Sunday. The rules that start Nov. 12 include provisions that block U.S. companies from providing internet hosting and services for TikTok. In an interview with Fox Business on Friday, Ross said the bans will affect TikTok and WeChat differently at first. So there's still a chance for TikTok to survive Trump's executive order, but WeChat is considered dead in the U.S., according to the official.

FILE PHOTO: A person holds a smartphone as Tik Tok logo is displayed behind in this picture illustration taken November 7, 2019. But for high schoolers, TikTok is just an outlet for them to share their stories. The coronavirus and forced school vacation - labelled the coronacation - is the biggest trending topic on TikTok. The World Health Organization has its own @who TikTok, with its experts explaining the virus and how it can affect young people in short clips. TikTok has really helped me get through these weeks, said 17-year-old Alison Kenny, a highschooler in the suburbs of hard-hit New York.

In January, Holly Yazdi posted a video on TikTok of how to buy an Amazon dupe of Cartier's $1,650 yellow-gold "Love Ring" for less than $20. She said she received a million views overnight for the ring video. Her other videos have included lookalike Gucci boots from DH Gate ($89 for the dupe; $1,190 for the real thing). TikTok"I believe DIY posts have been really big on TikTok for a while," she said in an Instagram direct message. Of course, the terminology changes whether that's "fakes," "knockoffs," "reps" or "replicas," or, in much of TikTok parlance, "dupes."

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. Army is undertaking a security assessment of China-owned social media platform TikTok after a Democratic lawmaker raised national security concerns over the apps handling of user data, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: A person holds a smartphone with Tik Tok logo displayed in this picture illustration taken November 7, 2019. National security experts have raised concerns about TikToks collection and handling of user data, including user content and communications, IP addresses, location-related data, metadata, and other sensitive personal information, Schumer wrote in a Nov. 7 letter to McCarthy. In a Nov. 5 blog post, TikToks U.S. general manager, Vanessa Pappas, said that the companys data centers are located entirely outside of China. She said U.S. user data is stored in the United States, with backup redundancy in Singapore. About 60% of TikToks 26.5 million monthly active users in the United States are between the ages of 16 and 24, the company said this year.

Recently it has become a platform where some students are turning to share their anxiety surrounding school shootings, but in Gen Z fashion. The teens of TikTok have taken on wealth inequality, climate change and the mercurial attentions of a slacktivist public. Now, with a series of brutal, darkly funny memes, they've turned a narrowed eye toward school shootings. For months following the attack, high school students around the country mobilized to call for more meaningful ways to address gun violence. To these bizarre, funny, creative TikTok teens, the joke isn't that school shootings happen.