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[Link] These Robotic Reddit TikTok Accounts Come From a Content Farming Discord

Read: 13/4/2022 www.vice.com

If you’re on TikTok recently you may have seen a spike in so-called Reddit Stories accounts, which upload TikToks that read out stories written on Reddit and which sometimes have footage of video games playing in the background.

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[Link] TikTok Accountants Aren't the Same People Who Help You File Your Taxes

Read: 6/12/2021 www.distractify.com

Jan. 6 2021, Published 11:38 a.m. ET As TikTok continues to dominate the imagination of many people across the country, the social media app and its users have begun to develop a set of unique terms that are largely used only on the platform.

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[Link] ‘It is surreal’: the five-second book reviews going viral on TikTok

Read: 2/12/2021 www.theguardian.com

Fifteen seconds is all you need. Point your phone camera to a shelf and hold up your favourite book, or three. Add a trending soundtrack, a caption, a couple of hashtags – #BookTok #FYP. Throw a pandemic into the mix and you have the formula: you can make a book review go viral.

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[Link] Black TikTokers Are Tired of Not Getting Paid for the Moves You Stole

Read: 1/12/2021 www.vice.com

But neither of them created that choreography. It was Jalaiah Harmon, who was 14 years old at the time. Neither D’Amelio nor Rae initially gave her credit, and they apologized only after being called out.  Influencers like Rae and D’Amelio have turned their stardom into lucrative careers.

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[Link] Alleged TikTok ‘Skyrim IRL’ Murders Shows the Real Danger of Stalkerware

Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com

Last week Ali Nassar Abulaban, a popular TikTok and other social media personality with over a million followers combined across his accounts, allegedly murdered his wife and a man.

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[Link] What We Know About the ‘Skeletal’ Remains of Brian Laundrie

Read: 22/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. The Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed Thursday that remains found at a Florida nature park belonged to Brian Laundrie, the 23-year-old who was a person of interest in the death of his fiancée, 22-year-old Gabby Petito.

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