New York Post23d
A new investigation claims TikTok execs know the app is harming kids — why are we letting it happen?
TikTok is harming kids — knowingly. And, while the same could be said of many other social media platforms, there’s nothing more sinister than a Chinese-owned app parasitizing young American ...
Variety1mon
Inside TikTok’s Money Squeeze on Independent Labels: ‘This Is a Classic Divide-and-Conquer Situation’
Earlier this year, when TikTok and Universal Music Group locked horns over their licensing agreement — and the world’s largest music company removed nearly all of its artists and songwriters ...
THE WEEK2d
'TikTok brain' may be coming for your kid's attention span
However, early studies also indicate that TikTok could hurt the attention span of its users, especially the kids and teens who populate the app. The platform hosts an endless stream of bite-size ...
TechCrunch28d
TikTok’s research reportedly acknowledges negative effects on teens
Court documents suggest that TikTok executives are aware of the app’s potential harm to teenagers, according to reporting by NPR and Kentucky Public Radio. Fourteen U.S. attorneys general sued ...
Mashable25d
TikTok's retro dating dance trends harken back to the days of courtship
TikTok is in its Regency Era with creators dancing their way to love. The most popular dance trend on the platform sees men appeal to a woman's father with their dance moves. Before breaking into ...
The New York Times25d
TikTok’s Owner Already Publishes Digital Books. Now It Is Moving Into Print.
ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant that owns TikTok, will focus its publisher, 8th Note Press, on popular genres such as romance, romantasy and young adult fiction. By Alexandra Alter ByteDance ...
The Verge1mon
TikTok hit by over a dozen state lawsuits for allegedly harming teens
Attorneys general from 14 states and districts sued TikTok for allegedly harming kids’ mental health and misleading the public about how safe its platform is. The bipartisan group of AGs ...
Business Insider26d
How TikTok is changing the music industry and the way we discover new, popular songs
An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link TikTok is an essential promotional tool for music artists and record labels. Songs can rise up organically on the app even if they've been ...
Reuters1mon
TikTok sued by 13 states and DC, accused of harming younger users
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - TikTok faces new lawsuits filed by 13 U.S. states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday, accusing the popular social media platform of harming and failing ...
CNN11d
TikTok’s founder is now China’s richest person. But the country’s total number of billionaires has shrunk
China has a new richest person – and it’s the entrepreneur behind the wildly popular, and controversial, app TikTok. Zhang Yiming, 41, co-founder of TikTok’s parent company ByteDance ...
CNN29d
Sealed TikTok court documents show time limit tool effectively did nothing to reduce teen usage, NPR reports
A screen-time limit tool on TikTok doesn’t work in limiting teen usage, the company’s own analysis reportedly found, according to in unredacted documents accidentally revealed as part of a ...