Photography Kon Karampelas, via UnsplashLife & CultureNewsTikTok is donating $10 million to combat coronavirusThe money will aid the World Health Organization’s efforts against the pandemicShareLink copied ✔️March 24, 2020Life & CultureNewsTextThom 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. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORE InstagramHow to stay authentic online, according to Instagram Rings creators InstagramHow do you stand out online? We asked two Instagram Rings judges‘You will not silence us’: No Kings Day protesters send a message to TrumpWhy are men fetishising autistic women on dating apps? InstagramIntroducing Instagram’s 2025 Rings winnersVanmoof8 Dazed Clubbers on the magic and joy of living in BerlinWe asked young Americans what would make them leave the USKiernan Shipka and Sam Lansky know what makes a good memeWhy are young people getting married again?Grace Byron’s debut novel is an eerie horror set in an all-trans communeNot everyone wants to use AI – but do we still have a choice?Mary Finn’s message from the Freedom Flotilla: ‘Don’t give up’