How Trump leveraged Biden's TikTok ban law to help allies gain control of the app, amid fears it could be used to boost pro-Trump content and suppress criticism
The Biden administration argued a forced sale of the app would protect it from political influence. Bluesky: @karissabe , @cravenlovelace , @cjsprigman , @emmalbriant , @zakwilliamswzw , and @drewharw...
SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, saying free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk
but Trump Lobbying May Save It Tripp Mickle / New York Times : Oracle May Hold TikTok's Future in Its Hands Solcyré Burga / Time : Everything Trump Has Said About the TikTok Ban Dan Primack / Axios : ...
CCDH: when researchers liked self-harm and eating disorder videos on TikTok in the US, the UK, Canada, and Australia, the app recommended more similar content
TikTok pushes harmful content promoting eating disorders and self-harm into young users' feeds Elizabeth Germino / CBS News : TikTok pushes potentially harmful content to users as often as every 39 se...
TikTok unveils Content Levels, a content classifying system like age ratings in films, and plans to let users filter out videos with certain words or hashtags
what you need to know Abdullah / Gizchina : TikTok will ban certain content for young users under 18 Nadeem Sarwar / ScreenRant : TikTok's New Safety Tools Include Content Filters And Age Restrictions...
A document from TikTok's engineering team in Beijing details the product's addictive algorithm, which optimizes for “retention” and “time spent”
It's the most successful video app in the world. Our columnist has obtained an internal company document that offers … Tweets: @zeyiyang , @akcronin , @jerrydunleavy , @mims , @gwbstr , @acerbialbert...