Kids are winding up in the hospital with burns all over their hands. Why? They’re lighting themselves on fire for TikTok.

After the ‘Door Knock Challenge’ took off in TikTok and caused widespread concern, people are curious to know what it is and why it is dangerous. Here is everything you need to know about this new ...

TikTok has long been seen as a breeding ground for dumb stunts, but some challenges are truly hazardous to one’s health. A recent survey found that the blackout challenge is the deadliest of all — ...

What starts as fun and games on TikTok can sometimes spiral into something much darker. While most trends are harmless dances, recipes, or clever pranks, others have taken a disturbing turn, leading ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. Five years after the first reports of teenagers dying from ...

Updated January 10, 2025 at 13:15 PM ET For the past four years, TikTok has been facing an existential crisis: It's under threat of being banned in the United States. But the video app's fate may soon ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) — A lawsuit against TikTok filed by the mother of a 10-year-old Delaware County, Pennsylvania, girl who died attempting a viral "blackout challenge" she allegedly saw on the ...

Washington — A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday fast-tracked oral arguments in a challenge to a law that could lead to a ban on the widely popular social media app TikTok. The U.S. Court of Appeals for ...