Snap Inc. Chief Executive Officer Evan Spiegel says TikTok could become bigger than rival Instagram. Chinese giant ByteDance Inc. has emerged as the world’s most valuable startup on the explosive popularity of TikTok, known as Douyin locally, where users share short clips of lip-syncing and dance videos. The short-form video service […]
Pakistani TikTok star ‘has videos of politicians’
Some leading Pakistani politicians may face embarrassment if local TikTok personality Hareem Shah acts out on her threat to leak compromising videos she claims she has taken with them. Shah has been under public scrutiny after her TikTok video, recorded in the Pakistan foreign office building, went viral on social […]
As world leaders shun TikTok, impersonators and fake accounts creep in
As TikTok catches fire among the younger set, world leaders and politicians have kept their distance amid national security concerns about the Chinese-owned app. The vacuum is leaving room for impersonators to roam free. And TikTok’s efforts to dissuade such fake or misleading accounts are lacking, some social media experts […]
TikTok releases first transparency report, India made maximum content removal requests
TikTok has released its very first transparency report, which contains a list of countries that made requests for accessing user information. It also contains the list of countries that made requests for removing specific content. Guess which country topped the charts? India. According to the report shared by TikTok, India not […]
Video app TikTok unblocks teen who posted on China’s Muslims
Chinese-owned video app TikTok says it has unblocked a U.S. teenager and restored her viral video condemning China’s treatment of its Muslim minority. The video was removed for 50 minutes Wednesday due to a “human moderation error,” according to a statement from Eric Han, an American who heads TikTok’s U.S. […]
TikTok parent ByteDance to launch music streaming service next month
TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd is in talks with big music labels – Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner Music – for global licensing deals to include their songs on its new music subscription service, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. ByteDance is looking to launch its music streaming as […]