Arizona mother Tiffany Roper is warning about the dangers of social media after her preteen son Corey suffered burns all over his body during a “TikTok challenge” gone awry. “Because of social media, ...
Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...
We all know TikTok trends are ever-evolving – some light and fun, some actually quite informative, and others unfortunately potentially dangerous. Now parents have been warned against the latest trend ...
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin -- A family is filing a lawsuit against TikTok after their daughter died doing a challenge on the app. Nine-year-old Arriani Arroyo passed away in February 2021 after ...
This latest trend spawned by an old Minaj song is making waves online, but it may have finally reached its “breaking” (lol) point. Every other day, there seems to be a new trend on TikTok that has the ...
A TikTok challenge that led to the death of an Ohio teenager has been removed from the online platform, yet again. Now, federal health leaders are urging social media companies to do more to prevent ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 14-year-old boy died in Ohio after overdosing on Benadryl as part of an online TikTok “challenge,’’ according to multiple media reports and his family’s GoFundMe page. So, what ...
A 12-year-old girl in Argentina died this week after attempting the deadly “choking challenge” first popularized on TikTok. “We are inconsolable [because] we gave her so much love,” the victim’s aunt ...
TikTok is once again making headlines for a dangerous trend—this time, the Kia challenge. The trend emerged in early July, when a content creator posted a video showing how a Kia car can be started ...