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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.
Schools step up security in response to threats on TikTok
Read full article: Schools step up security in response to threats on TikTokEducators have announced plans to increase security in response to TikTok posts warning of shooting and bomb threats at schools around the country Friday as officials assured parents the viral posts were not considered credible.
Jacksonville sisters go viral on TikTok over adorable, spirited pep talk
Read full article: Jacksonville sisters go viral on TikTok over adorable, spirited pep talk25-year-old Danielle Dziwulski was devastated after losing her dream job and moving home during the pandemic, but her 9-year-old sister Jess was not ready to let her give up on her goals.
Morty the “runway” Chihuahua
Read full article: Morty the “runway” Chihuahua– Have you seen Morty? The amazing one-eyed chihuahua wobbling all over social media. In a now-viral Tik Tok video, the rescued dog “Morty the Misfit” has been seen over 14-million times, strutting down the hallway to Harry Belafonte’s 1961 Calypso hit “Jump In The Line” (Shake, Señora). Besides posting videos that make you smile, the owner’s told News4Jax their goal is to “promote adoption, spray, and neutering and hopefully some donations...”Mr. Mortimer’s social media accounts highlight some of their favorite charities; to help other rescued animals, and videos of Morty moving along to other hits songs. “We just thought he was cute and wanted to share his happiness with the world...”RELATED STORIES: Viral video of men playing cards shows Florida traffic woes | Riding with celebrities and giving back to the homeless, Meet Isaiah Garza | This is how you make the internet-famous whipped coffeeAd#TeamMorty
Riding with celebrities and giving back to the homeless, Meet Isaiah Garza
Read full article: Riding with celebrities and giving back to the homeless, Meet Isaiah GarzaMeet Isaiah Garza, an LA-based celebrity jewelry designer, and activist who is using his social media platform to give back for the greater good of humanity. With 3 million followers on Tik Tok, Garza grew up in a poor community with hopes and dreams of becoming a jewelry designer. But that’s not what this story about, It’s about one particular person who Garza shared on his social media that is making everyone grab a piece of tissue. Robin, who is seen in the very first video Garza posted as a curious and very humble lady. There are so many amazing videos on social media of persons giving back to the homeless.
Download your data: What does ‘big brother’ know about you?
Read full article: Download your data: What does ‘big brother’ know about you?Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok, Reddit, Amazon, Apple, Google -- social media has connected us all in so many ways, but how much of your data does someone have? We’ve all heard the stories of companies data mining and “big brother” watching our every online move. For Facebook, click Settings and Privacy, then Your Facebook Information. Sites like Facebook track your web and location history as much as possible and you won’t find all of that in your data request download. You can view your location history on Facebook by going to Settings, Location, and click View Location History.
Creative Quarantine Family Time during the COVID-19 outbreak
Read full article: Creative Quarantine Family Time during the COVID-19 outbreakAs more countries and states tell people to stay home and self-quarantine, persons are finding creative ways to stay home, like this family who have a theme dinner every day in their home basement in New York City. Family have a theme dinner in their basement every night under quarantine during the COVID-19 outbreak https://www.news4jax.com/entertainment/2020/03/22/creative-quarantine-family-time-during-the-covid-19-outbreak/ Posted by CW17 Jacksonville on Sunday, March 22, 2020Tik Tok User: @caitcanoeWith a lot of ways you can entertain yourself and spend time with family members and pets. Like stream movies, play board or video games, arts and crafts, learn popular dance moves, cook bake off, create your first blog/vlog or try to teach your pet a trick. Remember to clean your hands often, stay 6 feet away from persons if you’re leaving your home especially if your community has a positive case, clean and disinfect areas, stay home if you’re sick and cover coughs and sneezes. For more Information and stories on Covid-19 select the coronavirus tab on www.news4jax.com
Viral video of men playing cards shows Florida traffic woes
Read full article: Viral video of men playing cards shows Florida traffic woesCAPE CORAL, Fla. – A video of three men playing cards at a folding table while waiting for the traffic light to change at a Florida intersection has gone viral. The TikTok video was posted earlier this week with the caption “Florida back at it with the long lights.” The video had more than a million likes and thousands commented on the card game. A young boy is seen in the video watching the card players from the backseat of his car. The News-Press reported the video doesn’t specify what Florida city the men were in, but thousands took the opportunity to rant about the most hated local intersections in the comments.
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.