Category: Tiktok

TikTok’s parent company reportedly faces a national security review

[ad_1] Recently TikTok’s popularity has exploded worldwide, and so has scrutiny over the app’s parent company ByteDance and its relationship to the Chinese government. Now Reuters reports that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has opened a national security review of the company, because it had not sought approval to make […]

TikTok-owner Bytedance reveals its first smartphone

[ad_1] As we learned earlier this year, ByteDance acquired a bunch of Smartisan patents and talent. ByteDance then helped make the Nut Pro 3 and packed it with branded features. Apparently, it didn’t decide to change the naming scheme. Users will be able to launch Douyin — the Chinese version of TikTok — by swiping […]

Mark Zuckerberg still won’t ban ‘political’ ads from Facebook

[ad_1] He added that, while it may be easier for Facebook to “choose a different path,” it is more important to stand up for free speech and free expression. “We need to be careful about adopting more rules that can restrict what people can say,” he said. “I don’t think it’s right for politicians to […]

Marco Rubio calls for TikTok review over censorship claims

[ad_1] TikTok allegedly asked its moderators to pull mentions of topics like the Tiananmen Square massacre, Tibet’s calls for independence and other content that challenges the Chinese government’s version of events. The service said it had retired the guidelines in May and that it had been using a “blunt approach” to minimizing drama on TikTok […]

TikTok opts out of paid political advertising entirely

[ad_1] While other social networks grapple with complex issues of political speech, growing video platform TikTok has decided not to allow political ads of any kind. We’ll have to see how that ban works in practice, as the company’s list of disallowed material includes “paid ads that promote or oppose a candidate, current leader, political […]

Uber wants to be the ‘operating system’ for city life

[ad_1] Inside Uber’s plan to take over city life with CEO Dara KhosrowshahiAndrew J. Hawkins,The Verge This week, ride-sharing giant Uber announced a test that puts both its car and food services in the same app. It’s part of a larger plan CEO Dara Khosrowshahi describes as becoming the “operating system for your everyday life […]

TikTok reportedly censored videos critical of the Chinese government

[ad_1] The company lists Tiananmen square alongside other “incidents” such as the 1998 riots in Indonesia and the Cambodian genocide as topics that aren’t acceptable to broach. In other instances, the company attempted to censor its users by making Chinese topics acceptable. For example, one set of guidelines lists specific world leaders TikTok users can’t […]

Taylor Swift and Spotify are… best friends?

[ad_1] Taylor Swift is getting friendly with Spotify ahead of her new album, ‘Lover.’ Times have changed.Tim Ingham,Music Business Worldwide Not too long ago, Taylor Swift shook off Spotify, pulling her entire catalog from the service and slamming music streaming as “a grand experiment.” Nearly five years later, amid a huge blow up with her […]

TikTok offers in-app purchasing of sponsored products

[ad_1] Kroger became the first company to test out the new feature last week with their #TransformUrDorm challenge. TikTok users were asked to post before and after videos of their dorm makeovers. They were also invited to buy products such as a toaster and a popcorn maker through a dedicated Kroger brand page on the […]