Новости за 27.10.2021

Hello! Every week, our internet culture staff will discuss the world of streaming entertainment in this newsletter. In this week’s edition:

TikTok is home to many revived and remixed songs. But a 2002 Mountain Goats track is an unlikely revival.

In April, Nancy Kimball, a 23-year-old actress, was called out on TikTok for “impersonating” a minor on the account @antialice. 

On Oct. 17, six Bay Area teenagers allegedly dined and dashed at Pocha K, a Korean restaurant in Santa Clara, California. According to ABC7 San Francisco reporter Dion Lim, their meal was worth $120. When a server reportedly tried to grab their car to prevent them from leaving, they allegedly dragged him, leaving bloody scratches all over his hands.

Every massive media conglomerate needs its Netflix. Viacom CBS calls Paramount Plus home, where it hosts its massive media properties including Star Trek, CBS shows, MTV, and Nickelodeon. Here's a list of what's new on Paramount Plus this month.

The Senate is being urged to swiftly confirm President Joe Biden's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) nominees to avoid the possibility of the commission falling into a Republican majority in January.

A DoorDash driver showed her viewers on TikTok how the act of not tipping can impact the delivery time for orders placed through the app, sparking debate among commenters.

In early October, the "couch guy" phenomenon swept TikTok after footage of a woman's attempt to surprise her long-distance boyfriend went viral.

"My school tried to hold a pro-life assembly," TikToker @nolegon wrote in the overlay text of their viral video showing high school students exiting a school building en masse. "So we walked out."

The University of Southern California suspended the Sigma Nu fraternity after more than six allegations of members spiking drinks and one allegation of sexual assault on Wednesday, according to KABC-TV News.

A woman on TikTok, known as @sadikhansk, has gone viral for her three most recent videos, which show her commenting “short king” on random men’s live streams. The men’s reactions have viewers cackling.

Internal documents leaked by former Facebook employee Francis Haugen reveal that the social media giant found a link between the QAnon conspiracy theory and vaccine hesitancy.

A viral TikToker was able to buy multiple boxes of plants at Home Depot for a penny each, but one store employee wasn’t happy about him getting the bargain.