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The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

Free Press Online

The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

Free Press Online

Student scrolls on banned TikTok.

NEWS: TikTok Stops Ticking

Claire Heinritz, Reporter April 18, 2024

Many students have used or been affected by Tiktok as the trends and audios have become a part of many students' lives. But there is a proposed ban on the app that has, according to cnn.com, passed the...

Illustration by Mylie Brillhart

NEWS: TikTok Goes Silent as Artists’ Music is Removed

Corinne Kingsley, Reporter March 4, 2024

On Feb. 1, the Universal Music Group failed to reach their licensing agreement with TikTok. Content creators on TikTok no longer can create videos using music made by artists in UMG, and many TikTokers’...

Seniors Allison Mayhew and Mallory Qualseth review a chamoy pickle kit they ordered off TikTok Shop. Photo collected from Allison Mayhew.

NEWS: TikTok Shop

Emi Stone, Reporter January 25, 2024

Throughout the past ten years, fast fashion has evolved tremendously through the use of websites like Shein, Wish, Temu and now TikTok Shop. According to research expert Stacy Jo Dixon, TikTok generated...

Meadows makes a video responding to a question in her comments about one of her autoimmune diseases. Meadows has Type 1 diabetes, celiac disease and juvenile arthritis and uses her platform to educate others and clear up misconceptions about her conditions. “Almost all my autoimmune diseases have stereotypes, and that’s one big thing that I want to break,” Meadows said.

TikToker brings autoimmune disease awareness to ‘For You’ page

Emma Holsclaw, Talon Co-Editor in Chief November 17, 2020

Junior Addy Meadows doesn’t remember why she was in the hospital the first day of spring break, but she does remember filming a TikTok to Ke$ha’s “Cannibal” out of boredom from her hospital bed.  Meadows’...

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