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Who Is Issam Hijazi, Palestinian-Jordanian-Australian Technologist and Founder of UpScrolled?

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Issam Hijazi

Issam Hijazi has emerged as a notable figure in global technology discourse at a moment of unusual volatility in the social media landscape. As TikTok’s operations in the United States underwent a dramatic ownership restructuring accompanied by service disruptions, large numbers of users began exploring alternative platforms that promised stability, transparency, and editorial independence. Among … Read more

Sanchessica Fields Charged After Son Accidentally Shoots Girlfriend While Recording TikTok Video

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Sanchessica Fields

A shooting involving two juveniles in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, has led to criminal charges against a mother accused of misleading investigators in the aftermath of the incident. Court records allege that Sanchessica Fields provided false information to police after her teenage son accidentally shot his girlfriend, who was later treated for a gunshot wound to the … Read more

43-Year-Old Tynesha McCarty-Wroten Arrested After Allegedly Hitting and Killing Pedestrian While Livestreaming on TikTok

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Tynesha McCarty-Wroten

The arrest of a TikTok influencer in Illinois has brought renewed national attention to the dangers of distracted driving in the age of social media. Authorities say 43-year-old Tynesha McCarty-Wroten, a resident of Zion, Illinois, was livestreaming herself on TikTok when she allegedly struck and killed a pedestrian attempting to cross a street after work. … Read more

Brooke Taylor Schinault Convicted for AI-Generated Rape Story Using ChatGPT Image of Homeless Man

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Brooke Taylor Schinault

The case of Brooke Taylor Schinault, a 32-year-old Florida woman who pleaded no contest to making a false report to law enforcement after fabricating a break-in and sexual assault with the aid of artificial intelligence, has drawn broad concern from authorities and the public alike. The incident, which unfolded in St. Petersburg in October, represents … Read more

24-Year-Old TikTok Influencer Harrison Sullivan Avoids Jail After Crashing McLaren Supercar

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Harrison Sullivan

The case of Harrison Sullivan, widely known online as HSTikkyTokky, has drawn significant public attention following a year-long sequence of events that began with a high-speed crash in Surrey and culminated in a suspended prison sentence handed down at Staines Magistrates’ Court. The 24-year-old, who has built a considerable following through fitness-related content and provocative … Read more

Army Veteran Nikalie Monroe Who Pretended to Be Needy Mom Goes Viral After Asking Megachurches for Help Feeding Her Fictitious Baby

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Nikalie Monroe

A social experiment by Kentucky Army veteran and TikToker Nikalie Monroe has ignited fierce debate across social media after her series of videos revealed how many of America’s largest megachurches responded when she posed as a desperate mother begging for baby formula. Nikalie Monroe’s viral TikTok project, which she describes as a test of Christian … Read more

TikToker Link Lauren Receives Meghan Markle’s $64 Wildflower & Fern Candle with Missing Wick

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Link Lauren

The launch of Meghan Markle’s new lifestyle brand had already set social media abuzz, but it reached another level of virality when American political commentator and TikToker Link Lauren unboxed one of her products on his show—only to discover that the candle had no wick. The $64 “Wildflower & Fern” candle, part of Markle’s recently … Read more

TikTok Influencer Mariame Cissé Abducted and Publicly Executed by Armed Men in Mali

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Mariame Cissé

The killing of young Malian TikTok influencer Mariame Cissé has drawn widespread attention across Mali and beyond, highlighting the dangerous intersection of social media engagement, political tensions, and militant presence across the country’s rural regions. Cissé, who gained popularity for posting videos supportive of Mali’s military, was abducted and then publicly executed after being returned … Read more

North Carolina Woman Sues TikTok Influencer Brenay Kennard Over Alleged Affair With Her Ex-Husband That Ended Their Marriage

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Brenay Kennard

The ongoing civil trial in Durham County, North Carolina, has attracted national attention due to the high-profile nature of one of the defendants: social media personality Brenay Kennard. Known online as @LifeOfBrenay, Kennard has amassed more than three million followers across TikTok and Instagram, where she posts lifestyle content, cooking demonstrations, makeup routines, and mukbang … Read more

Sophia James Sparks Viral “Group 7” TikTok Trend as Latest Algorithm Experiment Takes Over the Platform

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Sophia James

When musician and content creator Sophia James uploaded a series of seven videos to test TikTok’s unpredictable algorithm, she could not have anticipated that one of them would explode into a full-fledged internet phenomenon. What started as a simple “science experiment” meant to measure engagement across multiple uploads has now evolved into one of the … Read more