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Latest news and updates on TikTok, the globally popular social media platform. The app, which merged with Musical.ly in 2018, lets users create short videos under a minute long complete with visual effects and background music. It has since come under scrutiny in countries like the US and India because it is owned by a Chinese company. Critics have accused the app of posing a national security risk, a claim that TikTok has repeatedly denied. Known as Douyin in China, the app is owned by Beijing-based startup ByteDance, also behind the Chinese news aggregator Jinri Toutiao.
Abuse and constant references to Chinese Communist Party by senator right out of McCarthyite era and reason for world to be wary of America.
GoTo CEO Patrick Walujo says the TikTok-Tokopedia deal would contribute to ‘immediate profit’ for the group.
During Chew Shou Zi’s testimony before US lawmakers about the harms of social media on children, he was pressed repeatedly by Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas.
Social media firms have been accused of not doing enough to protect young people facing issues ranging from sexual predators to bullying to eating disorders.
At a staff meeting, Liang said internal discussions of the OpenAI chatbot, which launched in November 2022, only emerged in 2023.
The spat between TikTok and UMG over licensing could see popular artists like Taylor Swift removed from the short-video platform.
Say ‘forever’ in laser-sealed silver and gold – classier than a tattoo, and easier to remove, too
Chief executive Liang Rubo said ByteDance has become slow and inefficient in the face of increased competition.
British travel content creator Corrin expressed her dismay over Kuta’s vehicle-choked roads and errant drivers in a TikTok video, ahead of the island’s new tourist tax from February 14.
The new feature, which TikTok said is in early testing, encourages users to ‘find similar items on TikTok Shop’ based on what it identifies in videos, but items are not always a perfect match.
Ren Lifeng left ByteDance last year and recently registered Shumei Wanwu with nearly US$140,000 in registered capital.
TikTok influencer Addison Rae and her record producer beau Omer Fedi were recently spotted out and about in LA – so what do we know about the no-longer-red-haired musical talent?
The Beijing company has raised the amount of stock awards that staff receive after their first year of service, as its IPO plans remain stalled.
The water bottle you carry around with you says a lot about you – at least, according to social media. We look into the hype around water bottles in 2024, and the Stanley cup in particular.
ByteDance is looking for talent to join its expanded operations in the US, Canada and Australia to work on apps including TikTok, amid rising competition.
The ByteDance-owned app is accused of exposing children to content related to drugs, nudity, alcohol and profanity.
The call to break more digital barriers in China’s internet industry comes days before Tencent’s flagship video game, Honour of Kings, returns to ByteDance-owned Douyin’s live-streaming platform.
Her story was dramatised in Hulu series The Act starring Joey King and Patricia Arquette – now, newly released from prison for murder, she has 9 million TikTok followers
The decision came after the government demanded that Apple and Google remove Resso from app stores.
Oh Hyun-ji uses the plucked zither – a traditional Korean instrument – to cover K-pop songs like BTS’ Idol and IVE’s I Am, as well as other pop tunes and soundtracks, in popular videos on TikTok and YouTube.
Alibaba and TikTok played to their strengths at CES, as they catered to a market where it has been increasingly difficult for Chinese companies to operate.
Tencent has bet on swiftly building its online retail business on the back of the mainland’s vast number of WeChat users, estimated at 1.34 billion.
Christopher Schwarzenegger is probably the most low-key child of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, rarely making public appearances – but here’s what we do know about him
Sabrina Bahsoon, who is known for her viral dances on the London Tube, is leveraging her celebrity by sponsoring schooling for Palestinian children living as refugees in Malaysia.
More than 1,100 Chinese firms, including tech giants Alibaba and ByteDance, are exhibiting at CES this year, making up a quarter of the total, over twice the number from 2023.
Cheung isn’t afraid to get candid with the 830,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel, Sacheu, about her personal life such as her move to Canada or the abuse she faced as a child
The Asian-American designer’s quirky collection of headbands, handbags and shoes draws on his signature durian-inspired spike designs, which first caught the internet’s attention during the pandemic