TMZ.com America's crackdown on TikTok might just be a way for lawmakers to look good on camera, but that doesn't mean a potential ban of the app nationwide is just for show ... so says Taylor Lorenz . The Washington Post's top tech reporter joined us on "TMZ Live" Thursday, giving us her thoughts about the current hearings about the app's ties to China ... as TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew gets grilled by congressmen at Capitol Hill. She says it seems like a lot of the lawmakers are dragging Chew to get some viral traction, ironically enough ... adding there's a bigger point to be made about social media as a whole, but strangely the blame is just put on TikTok -- pointing to Facebook, for example. That being said, Taylor is still taking these hearings seriously ... and she tells us why it could all still come crumbling down. TMZ.com Taylor might not think politicians are willing to put their reputations on the line for TikTok, but we got NY Rep. … [Read more...] about TikTok Hearings Feel Flashy, But U.S. Ban Still Possible Says Journalist Taylor Lorenz
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St. Louis Rapper Woozy the Goat Accused of Murdering Grandparents, Now In Psych Ward
UPDATE 1:55 PM PT -- Wood tells TMZ it appears Davionne had some sort of mental breakdown and shot his grandparents, though they're still working to determine if there was an additional motive. He says someone at the psych ward alerted detectives to his whereabouts. A sickening story out of St. Louis as a local man -- who goes by the rap name Woozy The Goat -- has been accused of killing his own grandparents. Lincoln Co. Prosecuting Attorney Mike Wood tells us Davionne McRoberts walked into a psych ward covered in blood earlier this week ... he's been tied to the murders of his grandparents Donald and Kathy McRoberts , who were found dead in their home. Wood told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch McRoberts is currently being held in the mental hospital under police watch. There aren't many details yet on the specifics of the murders, but local law enforcement was reportedly looking for Davionne Tuesday night before he essentially … [Read more...] about St. Louis Rapper Woozy the Goat Accused of Murdering Grandparents, Now In Psych Ward