In July, Chinese influencer Pan Xiaoting, also 24, died after her stomach tore during a challenge in which she tried to eat 10kg of food over ten hours while streaming live.

Turkish TikTok star Efecan Kultur died from weight-related health issues after rising to online fame for his mukbang videos.

South Korea has accused Chinese AI startup DeepSeek of sharing user data with the owner of TikTok in China. "We confirmed DeepSeek communicating with ByteDance," the South Korean data protection ...