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Trump joins TikTok and calls it 'an honor.' As president he once tried to ban the video-sharing app
Read full article: Trump joins TikTok and calls it 'an honor.' As president he once tried to ban the video-sharing appDonald Trump has joined TikTok, the video-sharing app he once tried to ban as president.
How to find the colors that will make you glow
Read full article: How to find the colors that will make you glowYou’ve probably heard someone say they’re a “winter” or a “spring” before, or perhaps on Tik Tok you’ve seen people with a filter around their face with a rainbow of colors for every season - well these are all examples of seasonal color analysis and it’s becoming very popular online. The system is all about finding what colors make you look your best, and there is a method for figuring all that out. Michelle Oliver went to House of Colour in Royal Oak to speak with Annette Liyana, one of their Image Consultants, to see how it all works.
See how TikTok helped this Detroit fashion designer go global
Read full article: See how TikTok helped this Detroit fashion designer go globalPeople are sharing all types of talents and information on TikTok these days, and some of the content creators may even become “TikTok famous,” which means they have a large following of loyal fans.
Social media trend has students trash Metro Detroit school property
Read full article: Social media trend has students trash Metro Detroit school property“They’re taking anything -- whether it be a soap dispenser or other item in the bathroom -- and then they take it home,” Krimmel said. “They video themselves with the item and post it on TikTok.”
Auburn Hills boutique receives backlash after accidentally emailing job applicant, saying she is ‘not that cute’
Read full article: Auburn Hills boutique receives backlash after accidentally emailing job applicant, saying she is ‘not that cute’A case of an accidental email resulted in retaliation against an Auburn Hills boutique.
Video of father’s emotional plea for prayers goes viral after son’s near-drowning in Monroe County
Read full article: Video of father’s emotional plea for prayers goes viral after son’s near-drowning in Monroe CountyA Wixom father had no idea his plea for prayers for his son on Tik Tok would end up with nearly 2 million views around the world.
12-year-old Dearborn boy goes viral with Rubik’s Cube art
Read full article: 12-year-old Dearborn boy goes viral with Rubik’s Cube artFor most people, solving one Rubik’s Cube is a real accomplishment, but not only has a 12-year-old Metro Detroit boy mastered the 3-D combination puzzle, he’s going viral for his Cube creations.
Metro Detroit Tik Tok influencer on track to 3 million followers
Read full article: Metro Detroit Tik Tok influencer on track to 3 million followers“It’s really cool to see people interested in my personality and tying it in with the station.”In an effort to involve his newfound Tik Tok audience, Brubaker asks viewers to suggest random words for him to incorporate live on-air. Coined as the ‘Random-Word-Game,’ some of his more challenging words have been ‘Worcestershire’ and ‘alakazam.’“I’m definitely not the first person who has thrown random words on the radio,” he laughed. After bumping into the school at a college fair, he aspired to enter the world of television or sports play-by-play. “My experience in Detroit radio has catapulted me into the next chapter of my career and the exposure Tik Tok has provided me is life-changing,” he said. “It’s cool to be able to have those conversations.”To follow Bru’s journey on Tik Tok, Instagram, and to see what’s “Bru-ing” on Twitter, follow his handle @bruontheradio.
8-year-old girl in Roseville hospitalized after imitating viral magic trick
Read full article: 8-year-old girl in Roseville hospitalized after imitating viral magic trickROSEVILLE, Mich. – A father in Roseville want parents to be vigilant after his 8-year-old daughter was hospitalized trying to imitate something she saw on TikTok. Doctors said they had never seen anything like it when Dhakota was brought in after swallowing a quarter. The video was a magic trick that included a die. “I didn’t know how bad the situation was until they brought the x-ray back and I saw the quarter right there in her esophagus. “I could’ve lost my kid.”Dhakota is out of the hospital and is still a little sore.
Microsoft says its bid to buy TikTok has been rejected
Read full article: Microsoft says its bid to buy TikTok has been rejectedThe government worries about user data being funneled to Chinese authorities. TikTok denies it is a national-security risk and is suing to stop the administration from the threatened ban. Walmart had planned to partner with Microsoft on the deal. It’s not clear if Walmart is still interested. TikTok didn’t immediately return requests for comment Sunday.
Workers fired from Michigan Wendy’s after video shows employee bathing in kitchen sink
Read full article: Workers fired from Michigan Wendy’s after video shows employee bathing in kitchen sinkGREENVILLE, Mich. – Several workers were fired from a Michigan Wendy’s after a video posted online showed an employee bathing in a kitchen sink. The video shows a worker in a sink full of water and soap at the Wendy’s on N. Lafayette Street in Greenville. Another person walks by and talks to the employee who is in the sink as someone else records the incident for the social media video app Tik Tok. Below is the statement:“This egregious behavior is completely unacceptable and counter to our safety, training and operational standards. Upon learning of this situation, all employees in the video were terminated immediately and the restaurant has been completely sanitized.
Teens of TikTok take on school shootings
Read full article: Teens of TikTok take on school shootingsRecently 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.