TikTok Consent Decree Ruling Puts $100M Payment in Doubt
A tentative TikTok consent decree ruling keeps 2019 oversight in place, putting $100 million of TikTok’s settlement on hold before a September 21 hearing.
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The Great Lock-In Trend: TikTok’s Recurring Fall Reset (2026)
The Great Lock-In trend is back on TikTok for a second confirmed year, and 2026’s version adds mindfulness and finances to the fitness-only routines that defined 2025’s original wave.
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TikTok Week in Review: NYFW, NFL Kickoff, and a Courtroom Deadline (Sept 7-13)
TikTok week in review (Sept 7-13, 2026): a private NYFW event, an NFL Kickoff test run, a wabi-sabi and chair challenge trend wave, and two real deadlines closing in fast.
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TikTok Community Guidelines 2026: What’s Changing and When
TikTok community guidelines take effect September 24, 2026, including a rarely-seen off-platform behavior policy. Here’s what’s changing and what TikTok’s own moderation data shows.
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TikTok’s NFL Kickoff Game 2026: A Super Bowl Rematch, Previewed
The NFL Kickoff Game 2026 reunites the Seahawks and Patriots seven months after Super Bowl LX, with real TikTok creators on the field, a celebrity photographer, and TikTok’s freshly renewed NFL deal getting its first live test tonight.
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TikTok Addiction Lawsuits: A Pattern Emerges (2026)
TikTok addiction lawsuits keep ending the same way: a confidential settlement, right before trial. Meta and Google went to a jury instead, and lost.
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The Ancestor Photo Prank: TikTok’s Viral Family Trick (2026)
The ancestor photo prank has parents and grandparents convinced a fake vintage photo is a real relative. Here’s how the trick actually works, and why they fall for it.
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TikTok Weekly Rewind: The First Week of September 2026
Credit: this week’s featured creators, left to right, top row, @tinekeyounger, @anna.antonje, @i_d (Romy Mars); bottom row, @nfl, @tiff_net, @alexlyricsg.
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TikTok Algorithm 2026: Critical Facts vs. Hype
TikTok algorithm 2026 explained: what TikTok itself has confirmed, what’s marketing-blog inference, and how search really differs from the For You feed.
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TikTok Data Scrape: 4.5 Billion Videos Pulled From a Private API (2026)
A TikTok data scrape pulled metadata on 4.5 billion videos through a private API, and the developer behind it sells the same method for $699.
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