TikTok finalizes deal to create new US entity and avoid ban

The deal ends a six-year long political saga that that started in 2020 when President Donald Trump tried to ban the app over national security concerns during his first term.

The deal to keep TikTok in the US is now finalized – here are 5 things you need to know

A new US-led consortium is taking control of TikTok in the United States, but original owner ByteDance is still involved.

The TikTok deal is done, finally
The TikTok deal is done, finally

Just over a year after it briefly disappeared from app stores, TikTok in the US is now part of a new entity, TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC. With approval from both the US and China closing on the schedule laid out in December, ByteDance’s ownership of the new joint venture is now only 19.9 percent […]

TikTok’s new PineDrama app brings short vertical dramas to your phone

TikTok is taking on DramaBox and ReelShort with a standalone microdrama app called PineDrama.
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TikTok quietly launches a microdrama app called ‘PineDrama’

Think TikTok, but every single video you come across is a short episode of a fictional story.

US senators demand answers from X, Meta, Alphabet on sexualized deepfakes

In a letter to the leaders of X, Meta, Alphabet, Snap, Reddit and TikTok, several U.S. senators are demanding the companies provide proof that they have “robust protections and policies” in place, and how they plan to curb the rise of sexualized deepfa…

Here’s what you should know about the US TikTok deal

A number of investors are competing for the opportunity to purchase the app, and if a deal were to go through, the platform’s U.S. business could have its valuation soar to upward of $60 billion.

New York to start treating social media like cigarettes with warning labels

A new New York law mandates mental health warning labels on addictive social media features, allowing state enforcement and reflecting growing global concern over youth online safety.
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How to tweak your online platform algorithms
How to tweak your online platform algorithms

Love them or hate them, more than half of the world’s population interacts with algorithmic recommendations in some way every day. Algorithmic recommendations play an integral role in how users discover new content across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. It can be nice to be fed a stream of fresh posts, pictures, and […]

Police charge driver who allegedly killed a pedestrian while livestreaming on TikTok

Local police said they have charged an Illinois driver who struck and killed a pedestrian while she was livestreaming on TikTok.