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{{Quote|Make every second count.|One of TikTok's tagline/slogan.}}

[[File:TikTok logo.png|thumb|TikTok's logo.]]

'''''TikTok''''' is a video-sharing platform that was founded by [[wikipedia:ByteDance|ByteDance]] in September 2017.<ref name="Dexerto">Smith, G. (2021, May 8). [https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/the-history-of-tiktok-1569106/  "The history of TikTok: From&nbsp;musical.ly&nbsp;to the number 1 app in the world."] Dexerto. Retrieved December 18, 2021.</ref><ref name="dotla">Blake, S., &amp; Abdollah, T. (2021, April 8). [https://dot.la/a-tiktok-timeline-the-rise-and-pause-of-a-social-video-giant-2647649026.html "A TikTok timeline: The rise and pause of a social video giant"]. dot.LA. Retrieved December 18, 2021.</ref><ref name="BBC">Tidy J., &amp; Galer, S. S. (2020, August 5). [https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53640724 "Tiktok: The story of a social media giant"]. BBC News. Retrieved December 18, 2021.</ref> The platform has many short videos uploaded by anyone with a topic such as gaming, pranks, entertainment, etc. Any video uploaded by users can be less than 3 minutes in length. The app was an international counterpart of Douyin, which was made by the same company. On November 9, 2017, ByteDance bought [[wikipedia:Musical.ly|Musical.ly]],<ref name="dotla" /> then merged into "TikTok" in August 1/2, 2018.<ref name="Dexerto" /><ref name="BBC" /> Since then, The app has had over 1 billion users registered on the platform. TikTok has became known for being involved in some [[screamers]] and [[shock sites]].

In June 2021, Mayengg03 uploaded a [[shock video]] that begins with a young girl dancing to the song "Dick" by Starboy3 before cutting into another video of someone being beheaded. The video was popularized after it was believed that the young girl in the first video was the one being beheaded at the end. However, the theory has not yet been proven, as many claimed the person in the beheading video was a boy, and the people were also saying things to her in Spanish as well. The name had become known after it was posted in a blogpost named "[[Duck Pack 51]]".

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