TikTok is tracking your every move even when not on the app — these are the steps to stop it

Here’s a surefire Tok-block. While it’s no secret that TikTok is tracking its users’ activity, the video app is now being ...

California’s TikTok Child Addiction Suit Gets Boost From Judge

A judge said TikTok Inc. should have to face California’s claims that the platform’s features are addictive and harmful to kids.

TikTok to launch local feed that taps users' geolocation data

The social media platform changed its privacy policy last month, inviting users to allow it to track their specific location.

EU says TikTok must disable ‘addictive’ features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine

The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app for being "addictive," calling out ...

TikTok’s infinite scroll is too addictive, say EU regulators

The European Commission took particular issue with TikTok’s “infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and its highly personalised recommender system,” arguing that TikTok failed to implement ...

TikTok closes deal with White House to split US app from global business

Ellison has made plenty of news outside of TikTok of late. He has been pursuing American media giant Warner Brothers Discovery, with a hostile bid against Netflix. And last year, he closed on a deal ...
The Straits Times

Campus Superstar 20 years later: Season 2 winner Shawn Tok working with family, wants to run TV show

SINGAPORE – Known for his strong vocals and impish looks, Shawn Tok won hearts with his cover of Gary Chaw’s The Only You In The World (2005) and spunky rendition of Mayday’s Loneliness Terminator ...
Yahoo Finance

TikTok finalizes US joint venture to avoid ban

The US business of the popular video app TikTok, which for months had faced the risk of being shut down over concerns about Chinese influence, has officially been transferred to the newly established ...

AI videos create buzz for ByteDance after US TikTok deal

TikTok's new video creation model, called Seedance 2.0, has been launched in a limited test mode in China -- but hyper-realistic synthetic footage is already flooding social networks worldwide. Some ...
Music Ally

TikTok teams up with Apple Music for full-length streams and listening parties

TikTok users in some countries can now play full songs within its app... if they subscribe to streaming service Apple Music.
The Guardian

US TikTok users: tell us how you feel about the app after the new US deal

Reports suggest more US users are deleting TikTok after a new agreement secured the app’s future in the US. We’d like to hear why – or why not The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a ...
The Verge

TikTok USA is broken

TikTok in the US has had problems since early Sunday morning, which its new owners say are the result of a power outage. TikTok in the US has had problems since early Sunday morning, which its new ...