TikTok Expands its Parental Control Tools to Make Teens’ Accounts more Private
by TikTok has improved its parental controls, adding a few more granular tools to help better protect teens and tweens privacy and safety…
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Snapchat Introduces Sounds, a Direct Competitor to TikTok
Snapchat has released a new (read: copy) user feature called Sounds, that allows people to add song clips to both Snaps and Stories…
TikTok Takes Action, Banning some Advertisers while Cracking Down on Weight Loss Ads
by TikTok has barred some advertisers from its platform and is tightening its restrictions on weight loss ads that promote ‘harmful’ body images…
YouTube Releases its Own Version of TikTok, Shorts
by YouTube Shorts, a new version of TikTok, rolls out in India, giving users a new way to create and share quick video clips…
Why TikTok Can’t Take Down that Viral Suicide Video
by One viral video of a suicide demonstrates two of the biggest weaknesses of social media and tells a cautionary tale…
Instagram is Really getting Serious about Pushing Reels, its TikTok Clone, Really Hard
Instagram has made a couple of bold moves to it s mobile app that involve promoting Reels, its version of the wildly popular TikTok format…
Now, Snapchat is Cloning TikTok, with a Test Run Now before Releasing the Full Feature Later this Year
Snapchat is experimenting with a new short-form video option that mimics TikTok, as it will allow users add songs to their posts…
President Trump Says He’ll Ban TikTok in the US as Microsoft Angles Acquisition
President Donald Trump said that he plans to sign documents to ban Chinese-based app TikTok from the country while Microsoft mulls purchase…
TikTok is Now Closer than Ever to a Full Outright Ban in the United States
A complete US TikTok ban is now closer to becoming a reality, with the House approving a bill and the Senate to follow suit…
Amazon Sent an Email to its Employees, Ordering Them to Remove TikTok, then Reversed its Stance
Amazon directed its employees via email to uninstall the TikTok app from their mobile devices due to ongoing security and privacy concerns…
Facebook iOS App Causing Spotify, Pinterest, TikTok, Tinder, and Other Apps to Crash
An apparent issue with the Facebook iOS mobile app SDK is resulting in crashing other popular apps, including Spotify, Pinterest, TikTok, and others…
After US Military Branches Ban TikTok, the Entire Country might Follow Suit
Practically every branch of the US military ban the use of TikTok last year, and now the Secretary of State says it might extend to the whole country…
After TikTok was Found Recording iOS Users’ Keystrokes, Reddit and LinkedIn Promise to Remove Similar Code
Reddit and LinkedIn have also been discovered to record iOS users’ clipboard activities and say they’ll remove the tool from their platforms…
Facebook Calls it Quits on Lasso, its TikTok Clone, with a July 10th Shut-Down Date
Facebook will abandon Lasso just days from now, shuttering its short-form video TikTok copy, but there’s still time to save uploaded content…
TikTok Reluctantly Removes an Anti-Spam Feature after iOS 14 Catches it Recording Keystrokes
TikTok has pulled an anti-spam code protocol from its mobile app, after iOS 14 users found out it was keeping tabs on users’ keystrokes…
YouTube is Experimenting with this Creative TikTok Alternative
YouTube is now in the process of testing a short-form video clip tool to take direct aim at TikTok but it might not include some key elements…