Turns out TikTok isn’t just for funny dance videos and political content. The platform is helping to spread awareness of important social issues—viral content on TikTok is even saving lives. A teenager who was kidnapped was found after using a distress signal, popular on TikTok, that was picked up by a driver. The unidentified 16-year-old girl went missing in North Carolina on Nov. 2 and was found in Kentucky two days later. «The complainant was behind the vehicle and noticed a female passenger in the vehicle making hand gestures that are known on the social media platform 'Tik Tok' to represent violence at home -- I need help -- domestic violence,» the Laurel County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. The missing girl told police officials she had traveled with the man through North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio. Police arrested the man, identified as 61-year-old James Herbert Brick, for unlawful imprisonment and possession of child pornography. Read more