Photography Kon Karampelas, via UnsplashLife & Culture / NewsLife & Culture / NewsTikTok is donating $10 million to combat coronavirusThe money will aid the World Health Organization’s efforts against the pandemicShareLink copied ✔️March 24, 2020March 24, 2020TextThom Waite After teaming up with the World Health Organization to provide advice and combat misinformation about coronavirus earlier this month, TikTok has announced it will donate $10 million to the agency. The money will go towards WHO’s Solidarity Response Fund, according to a statement posted March 23. This fund helps medical staff battling the pandemic in various ways, including: “sending essential supplies to front line health care workers, ensuring communities have access to the latest science-based information, and accelerating efforts to discover life-saving treatments or vaccines.” This comes alongside assistance from the social media platform for people that are particularly at risk or suffering from the knock-on effects of the virus, including a donation of $3 million towards the provision of meals for families affected by school closures. Users on the platform, meanwhile, have been coping with coronavirus and its impact by dispelling fake news, sharing health and hygiene tips, and offering a bit of much-needed humour. Other donations to aid medical staff and the vulnerable during the pandemic have come from musicians such as Rihanna and Kanye West, as well as names across fashion including Donatella Versace, and LVMH and Kering. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORESay hàlo to the young Scots behind the Gaelic revival9 books to read if you loved Wuthering Heights (the novel, not the film) Reebok Your favourite Reeboks are getting a makeoverThe fight against the Palestine Action ban isn’t overWhy is the US government coming for young climate activists?Could singles wrestling be an alternative to dating apps?‘I could have a piece of him come back’: The murky ethics of pet cloningGone Norf: The Manchester collective uplifting Northern creatives‘It’s good for the gods’: Inside Taiwan’s booming temple rave sceneWhy are we still so obsessed with love languages?How Madeline Cash wrote the most hyped novel of 2026From looksmaxxing to mogging: How incel language went mainstreamEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy