{"id":21284,"date":"2025-01-31T09:01:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T10:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=21284"},"modified":"2025-01-31T10:34:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T10:34:27","slug":"tiktok-true-crime-to-stream-dancing-for-the-devil-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=21284","title":{"rendered":"TikTok True Crime to Stream: \u2018Dancing for the Devil\u2019 and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">Across television, film and social media itself, here are four picks that explore crime stories associated in some way with the imperiled app.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">TikTok continues to be on shaky ground in the United States. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/17\/us\/politics\/supreme-court-tiktok.html\" title>upheld a law<\/a> passed by Congress last year that required a ban of the Chinese-owned app unless it was sold to a government-approved buyer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Hours before the law took effect, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/18\/technology\/tiktok-ban.html\" title>TikTok went dark briefly<\/a>, then flickered back to life when President Trump, a day before his inauguration, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/19\/technology\/trump-tiktok-ban-executive-order.html\" title>indicated support for the app<\/a>. He then <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/20\/technology\/trump-tiktok-ban-delay-executive-order.html\" title>signed an executive order<\/a> stalling the ban for 75 days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Whether the app will disappear for good is unclear, but in the meantime, here are four true-crime stories associated with TikTok \u2014 the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/17\/technology\/tiktok-ban-sale-supreme-court.html#:~:text=TikTok%20was%20the%20most%20downloaded,in%202020%2C%202021%20and%202022.\" title>most downloaded app<\/a> in the United States and the world in 2020, 2021 and 2022 \u2014 that captured broader attention.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-1lsv4am e6idgb70\">Documentary Series<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-tosae5 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-666b24a9\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81638162\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cDancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult\u201d<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-cfo9c3\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It\u2019s of course no secret that the glossy dance videos that have populated TikTok since its inception, along with much online content, is more fantasy than reality. But that\u2019s little comfort to the revelations uncovered in this 2024 Netflix series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cDancing for the Devil\u201d primarily spends time with dancers who were managed by the talent company 7M Films and were members of Shekinah Church \u2014 both entities founded and led by Pastor Robert Shinn \u2014 as well as desperate family members of those still involved with 7M. 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Earlier this month, the Supreme Court upheld a law passed by Congress last year that required a ban of the Chinese-owned app unless it was sold to a government-approved buyer.Hours before the law took effect, TikTok went dark briefly, then flickered back to life when President Trump, a day before his inauguration, indicated support for the app. He then signed an executive order stalling the ban for 75 days.Whether the app will disappear for good is unclear, but in the meantime, here are four true-crime stories associated with TikTok \u2014 the most downloaded app in the United States and the world in 2020, 2021 and 2022 \u2014 that captured broader attention.Documentary Series\u201cDancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult\u201dIt\u2019s of course no secret that the glossy dance videos that have populated TikTok since its inception, along with much online content, is more fantasy than reality. But that\u2019s little comfort to the revelations uncovered in this 2024 Netflix series.\u201cDancing for the Devil\u201d primarily spends time with dancers who were managed by the talent company 7M Films and were members of Shekinah Church \u2014 both entities founded and led by Pastor Robert Shinn \u2014 as well as desperate family members of those still involved with 7M. These families claim that their loved ones are essentially trapped.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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