TikTok

Narcotics

09.February 2026. Here is Hinz (DW)

Young people turn on the cameras when they do drugs - because of clicks on TikTok

Young people have always experimented with drugs. But publicity changes everything. Before, they would do drugs secretly. Today they include cameras - because of clicks on TikTok

New issue of Vremena

05.February 2026. SG / BV / SB / NR

Low start for the elections: Vučić is counting on pensioners and sheer force

"Vreme" in its new issue analyzes the hasty preparations of Vučić and the progressives for the elections. Do they have anything left but bare strength?

Screenshot of the announcement of the President's address on TikTok

President of Serbia

29.January 2026 KS

There is little television: Vučić and various miracles on TikTok

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić will perform live on TikTok for the first time on Friday. He announced himself, feigning relaxation, humanity, modesty and humor, adapting to a platform close to young voters above all, those who have been carrying a rebellion against his regime on their backs for over a year.

AI scams

25.December 2025 VK

Don't buy medicine on TikTok: How AI videos of doctors and public figures are fooling people

On social networks, AI-generated videos of doctors and public figures who want to tell you the "truth" about the pharmaceutical industry and "cheat" you with slimming products of dubious origin appear

Influencers

04.December 2025 VK

How to spot ragebait: The influencer who can't survive on $30.000 a month

Influencer and "OnlyFans" model Tamara Bojanic said that she barely makes it through the month with $30.000 a month. Why does that annoy people and not some of the other things she did before

Students in the blockade

17.November 2025 KS

"Bot Attack": How Rebellious Students Had Their Social Media Profiles Shut Down

The accounts of students of certain blocked faculties suddenly recorded a huge number of new, phantom followers, so they were suspended. Is this a new type of bot vs student fight?

Belgrade, October 7, 2025 - Deputies of the Serbian Parliament started today the first session of the regular autumn session

TikTok and politics

06.November 2025 Vukasin Karadzic

TikTok superstars MPs: "God help the advanced morons"

How TikTok culture perceives politics in its own way, and politicians do not understand it at all, can be seen in some examples of members of the National Assembly

Navigator

22.January 2025 Zoran Stanojević

From X to TikTok

TikTok is left to idle, on a straight road, as long as there is fuel and without accepting new passengers

19.January 2025 TS

TikTok officially shut down in the US: 170 million users left without access

The TikTok platform stopped being available in the US on Sunday, shortly before the law banning the app went into effect. TikTok is one of the most popular social networks in the US, with over 170 million users

Social media

02.January 2025 MS

Banning TikTok in Albania: Will it be the case in the US?

After a boy died due to an argument on TikTok in Albania, the authorities held about 1.300 meetings with teachers and parents and decided to ban the social network in 2025. Is this decision a good one and what will happen to TikTok in the US

Social networks and politics

05.December 2024 MJ

The EU ordered the freezing of data from TikTok due to the influence of influencers on the elections in Romania

The European Union has ordered TikTok to freeze all data amid reports that the Chinese-owned social platform was instrumental in Russian authorities' campaign to influence Romanian presidential and parliamentary elections.

Social media

04.December 2024 Martin Muno (DW)

Kalin Gheorđescu: Through TikTok to political power

Until now, the largely unknown right-wing extremist Calin Gheorgheescu could become the new president of Romania - thanks to TikTok. Are social networks today the decisive platform on which elections are won or lost

The scourge of the internet

09.October 2024 MS

Lawsuits against TikTok: Legal process against the social network launched by 14 countries

Prosecutors in 14 US states filed lawsuits against TikTok on Tuesday, October 8, due to the harmful impact on mental health and the collection of personal data.

TikTok

25.September 2024 B. B.

Due to "covert influence operations", TikTok removed accounts linked to Russian state media

The changes affect accounts linked to TV-Novosti, the parent organization of Russian state media outlet Rush Today, and Russia Today, the entity behind the Kremlin's news agencies RIA Novosti and Sputnik.

The dark side of the net

13.September 2024 Katrin Scheier / DW

TikTok Jihadists: A New Generation of Terrorists for New Times

A new generation of young people is increasingly susceptible to Islamist extremism thanks to social networks, primarily TikTok

Politics and social networks

20.August 2024 SZ

TikTok expert: Vesić published the textbook "It is a privilege to transfer knowledge" in Britain

Minister Goran Vesić wrote on his profile that he had fulfilled "another personal goal" as he "published a textbook" in Great Britain on political campaigns on social networks

Navigator

05.June 2024 Zoran Stanojević

Everyone laughs on TikTok until they get banned

Almost five million people immediately followed Donald Trump on TikTok. Joe Biden has been around for a long time, and he only has three hundred and fifty thousand followers. Although both of them in the presidential campaign promise to ban this platform, they are very active on it

Vartke and Fischer created a hit from an old speedster

TikTok

19.May 2024. NR

Have you heard of Barbara's Rhubarb Bar?

How a German speedster took TikTok crazy and can you pronounce this?

Navigator

08.May 2024. Zoran Stanojević

Cutting WhatsApp and TikTok

The ban on TikTok in the US went through all the instances, in the end it was signed by President Biden, which made it enforceable, but with a nine-month deadline

Comment

02.May 2024. Jovana Gligorijevic

Man or bear - the answer for women is easy

There's a war of the sexes going on in social media these days. Nothing new, someone will say. This time, however, things are a little more unusual than usual. Men and women do not fight each other, but men and bears

Digital censorship

28.April 2024. IM / DW

Why do US and EU want to ban TikTok and consider it a dangerous app?

The United States is ordering the sale or ban of TikTok - amid claims that data is falling into the hands of Chinese authorities. The European Union, on the other hand, takes care of the welfare of young people who are increasingly dependent on this network. What exactly is it about?

Chronicle

25.April 2024. IM / Tanjug

The police detained a woman from Kaludjerica who filmed herself beating a baby on TikTok

The child, who has no visible injuries, was examined at a local health facility and taken over by the Center for Social Work, and then taken to Tiršovo for further examination.

How likely is the sale of one of the most successful social networks?

TikTok

21.march 2024 Timothy Rooks (DW)

Pressure in the US: Who could buy TikTok?

For the US government, TikTok is a news and information platform that can also be used for propaganda. However, how likely is the sale of one of the most successful social networks with a billion users in 140 countries

TikTok

19.march 2024 NR

Zagreb: An American was scratched and Belgrade license plates stolen

American tiktoker Justus Reed is touring the Balkans in the golden south and mostly enjoying himself. Now, however, his car with Belgrade plates has been scratched in Zagreb

Social media

21.February 2024. DW

TikTok under attack from the European Union

After TikTok's announcement, which was not satisfactory, the EU Commissioner for Industrial Policy, Thierry Breton, announced on the X platform that formal proceedings will be initiated against this Chinese company due to the European Commission's suspicion that it does not comply with the EU Digital Services Act.

Side effects

31.January 2024 Teofil Pančić

Shut up and swim on

Of everything anyone has ever said or written about him, one of the wealthiest men in this country has no better business than to bitterly deny what is neither illegal nor morally suspect.

Social media

31.January 2024 SM

Horizontal videos on TikTok too: The platform is looking more and more like YouTube

This Chinese platform will enable horizontal videos that will last up to half an hour. After 72 hours from publication, users who have been using this social network for at least three months will receive increased visibility of posts