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TikTok

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2180 articles decelerating

TikTok has appeared in 2,180 articles since 2018-09. Coverage peaked in 2024Q1 with 121 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside ByteDance, China, Chinese, Facebook.

Articles
2,180
mentions
Velocity
-84.8%
growth rate
Acceleration
-1.027
velocity change
Sources
171
publications
The Content Factory
One person, one agent, 550 TikTok videos per day. AI-generated content crossed the indistinguishability threshold in Q1 2026, and the creator economy's response...
Fruit Island
OpenAI killed Sora on Tuesday. On Saturday, an AI-generated parody of Love Island called "Fruit Island" went viral on TikTok. The AI entertainment future is arr...
TikTok's First Week: The Algorithm Adjustments
Four days after the deal closed, TikTok US is blocking "Epstein" in DMs, experiencing convenient outages, and facing a censorship investigation. Everyone got wh...
TikTok's American Compromise: How a Six-Year Ban Became a Joint Venture
ByteDance keeps 19.9% and the algorithm. America gets a security theater wrapper. Everyone declares victory.

Coverage Timeline

2026-02-17
Bloomberg 15 related

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez says he asked the country's prosecutor office to investigate X, TikTok, and Meta over the alleged “creation and dissemination” of CSAM

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he is using special public-interest powers to ask the country's prosecutor office …

2026-01-28
New York Times 22 related

TikTok settles a California lawsuit ahead of a landmark social media addiction trial; Snap recently settled the suit, while Meta and YouTube remain defendants

The settlement means TikTok will avoid a trial where plaintiffs had planned to argue that social media platforms are inherently defective …

NPR 13 related

TikTok US says it doesn't “have rules against sharing the name Epstein in direct messages” and is “investigating why some users are experiencing issues”

Bobby Allyn /NPR:

2026-01-27
New York Times 40 related

TikTok settles a California lawsuit ahead of a landmark social media addiction trial; Snap recently settled the suit, while Meta and YouTube remain defendants

The settlement means TikTok will avoid a trial where plaintiffs had planned to argue that social media platforms are inherently defective …

NPR 57 related

TikTok US says it doesn't “have rules against sharing the name Epstein in direct messages” and is “investigating why some users are experiencing issues”

Officials at TikTok say they are looking into why many users have been unable to send the word “Epstein” …

2025-12-06
Reuters 38 related

The EU fines X €120M for breaching online content rules, the first fine under the DSA, citing issues like its deceptive blue checkmarks, after a two-year probe

‘Impose Sanctions...’ The Verge : EU fines X $140 million over ‘deceptive’ blue checkmarks Inc : Why Elon Musk's X Was Slapped With a $140 Million Fine Eva Terry / Deseret News : European Union fines ...

2025-11-19
New York Times 25 related

FTC v. Meta: TikTok's rise undermined the FTC's antitrust case and helped Meta avoid a breakup; Judge Boasberg said the tech landscape has “changed markedly”

Silicon Valley has increasingly pointed at rapid digital changes to blunt government efforts to rein in its power.

2025-11-15
Bloomberg Law 5 related

Meta, TikTok, Google, and YouTube sue California over a new law that prohibits personalized feeds for minors without parental consent, claiming it violates 1A

But it (the First Amendment) kind of does.  Free association and all that.  [embedded post]

2025-09-10
Reuters 7 related

The EU's General Court sides with Meta and TikTok in their legal dispute with the EC over the DSA's 0.05% supervisory fee, saying the EU's methodology is flawed

Meta Platforms (META.O) and TikTok on Wednesday won their legal fight against a European Union supervisory fee imposed …

2025-07-12
CNBC 2 related

A New Hampshire court rejected TikTok's request to dismiss the state AG's suit accusing the company of using manipulative design features aimed at kids

A judge this week rejected TikTok's attempt to dismiss a lawsuit by the state of New Hampshire accusing it of using manipulative design features aimed at children and teens.

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TikTok has appeared in 1,861 Techmeme articles since September 2018, making it one of the most-covered entities in the archive. The biggest stories include SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, says free speech rights must yield to... and ByteDance strikes a deal with a group of non-Chinese investors to create a new TikTok US.... Frequently covered alongside ByteDance, Trump, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Coverage has shifted toward enterprise, funding themes and away from regulation.

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2024Q2enterprise -8pts; consumer -14pts; regulation +11pts
2024Q3consumer +14pts; funding +8pts; regulation -24pts
2024Q4funding -9pts; regulation +23pts

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