A suburban man has been sentenced after prosecutors said he posed as a 13-year-old on social media and allegedly threatened to kill girls if they didn't send inappropriate photos. Richard Barnett, of ...

Parents are being warned to pay attention to the app Musical.ly, which has more than 200 million users. The app, which can be used on cellphones, is designed to create and share videos of lip-syncing, ...

AURORA, Ill. — An Aurora man will spend more than 30 years in federal prison for coercing young girls into sending him nude photos under the threat of violence. Richard Barnett, a 46-year-old Aurora ...

Before Mark Cuban ever hit the "woah" on TikTok with his daughter, the video-sharing app was Musical.ly and Cuban wanted to be an investor. "I remember when it was Musical.ly and I tried to invest… Oh ...

China's big global success story on social media has run into trouble in the United States. Popular video-sharing app TikTok has agreed to pay $5.7 million to settle allegations that it illegally ...

It’s the end of the road for Musical.ly, the short-form video app that grew to more than 100 million active monthly users since its 2014 launch — and spawned its own digital stars and passionate ...

Lex, a social and dating app for the LGBTQ+ community, has been acquired by 9count, a mobile app conglomerate focusing on social networks. “Mainstream social platforms really don’t serve this audience ...