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TikTok Inc

  • Saturday, 21 September, 2024
    Beauty
    How fragrances are becoming the mane attraction

    Hair mists are playing an increasingly important part in women’s beauty routines

    A woman in a black and white photo from the 1940s combs her hair
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    John Thornhill
    Time is running out for TikTok in the US

    The social media platform is threatened with a ban but remains wildly popular among users, including Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

    Participants hold signs in support of TikTok outside the Capitol Building in Washington
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    #techAsia
    Tech’s climate cost and TikTok’s day in court Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    A wind turbine operates near a coal-fired power plant and a highway in New Taipei City, Taiwan
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    TikTok warns of ‘staggering’ consequences from US divest-or-ban law

    App’s lawyer urges a federal appeals court to throw out rule requiring its Chinese owner to divest it or be shut down

    A TikTok advocate wears a button showing support for the app outside of the courthouse in Washington where the appeal is being hear
  • Monday, 26 August, 2024
    Nilanjana Roy
    Give me Instapoetry — and something more substantial too

    Bite-sized verse has its place, but two new anthologies offer a chance for deeper engagement with poetic traditions

    A poet recites verse at a public poetry reading
  • Saturday, 24 August, 2024
    Jo Ellison
    ‘Demurity’ and the memeification of modern life

    TikTok memes may be silly, but they’re also the great social emollient of the 2020s

    A screenshot image of a young woman in make-up and long blonde hair along with various emoticons on screen
  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
    Beauty
    The cheat’s guide to looking effortless

    Could a high-cost monthly intervention do more for your appearance than a complex daily regime?

  • Monday, 12 August, 2024
    Misleading TikTok alerts include false Taylor Swift claim and old tsunami warning

    Inaccurate push notifications increase fears about spread of misinformation on video-sharing platform

    Montage of hand using phone with TikTok logo, next to a notification about a tsunami in Japan
  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    US sues TikTok over ‘widespread violations’ of child privacy law

    Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission bring lawsuit against popular video app and its Chinese parent

    TikTok sign
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Women's health
    ADHD cases in women hit record level as TikTok videos raise awareness

    Huge rise in prescriptions for women aged 25 to 34 in England driven by social media highlighting symptoms

    Screengrabs from TikTok of videos about ADHD
  • Saturday, 27 July, 2024
    US reveals security concerns around TikTok and ByteDance

    Department of Justice alleges sensitive American user data was stored in China

    TikTok app on a phone
  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    Claer Barrett
    Dress, nails, spray tan, helicopter: have school proms gone too far?

    Parents will stop at nothing to help their children celebrate the end of exam season

    A group of girls posing and taking a selfie before a school prom
  • Sunday, 23 June, 2024
    TikTok advertisers prepare contingency plans as US ban looms

    Agency heads say row over security of ByteDance-owned app has already hit brands’ confidence in the platform

  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    TikTok child privacy complaint referred to US justice department

    Federal Trade Commission also investigating Chinese video app over potential breaches of act outlawing ‘unfair practices’

    The TikTok logo
  • Saturday, 8 June, 2024
    Lex
    What the Trump effect means for TikTok Premium content

    US has become one of the biggest revenue generators for owner ByteDance — which helps make a listing complicated

    Donald Trump speaking at a campaign rally
  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Labour goes viral as it pulls ahead of Tories on TikTok

    Key social media battleground formally prohibits political advertising

    Screenshots of TikTok videos from the Labour and the Tory campaign
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    Gillian Tett
    There is a new twist in the TikTok tale

    A ‘people’s bid’ for the app raises profound questions about how we live online

    Illustration of the US Capitol building with the TikTok logo colours
  • Thursday, 9 May, 2024
    Artificial intelligence
    TikTok to automatically label AI-generated user content in global first

    Social media companies under pressure to identify deepfakes and prevent spread of misinformation

    The TikTok logo
  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2024
    TikTok challenges ‘extreme’ US divest-or-ban bill in court

    Lawsuit including parent company ByteDance claims legislation would breach free speech rights

    A TikTok content creator at the US Capitol in Washington, with a sign reading ‘TikTok changed my life for the better’
  • Monday, 6 May, 2024
    LexBooks
    BookTok’s influence on publishing is set to last

    Social media has produced growth for once-niche genres and boosted authors little known to mainstream audiences

    Montage with Bloomsbury logo, cover of Sarah J Maas’s ‘House of Earth and Blood’ and Samantha Shannon’s ‘A Day of Fallen Night’
  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
    Lex
    TikTok ban will accelerate the ‘splinternet’ Premium content

    Other apps could be in the line of fire if US lawmakers carry out their threat

    Montage of US and China flags with Tiktok signage
  • Thursday, 2 May, 2024
    John Thornhill
    What TikTok and Tesla tell us about pragmatism in the US and China

    Both Washington and Beijing juggle security fears with commercial interests and political influence in their policy positions

  • Thursday, 2 May, 2024
    Universal Music Group
    Universal Music ends boycott of TikTok with new licensing deal

    Agreement will mean ‘improved remuneration’ for songwriters and artists, says world’s largest record group

    Taylor Swift performing in Singapore in March
  • Thursday, 25 April, 2024
    Inside BusinessRichard Waters
    Meta’s gamble on chatbots opens new wave of tech competition

    Zuckerberg’s AI plans may have knocked its stock market value, but he hopes his next venture will have dramatic impact

    Hand reaches out to shake robot’s hand in front of a Meta AI logo
  • Thursday, 25 April, 2024
    News in-depth
    How TikTok’s Chinese owner tightened its grip on the app

    Insiders say ByteDance exerting increasing influence over platform despite US pressure over ownership

    TikTok logo and users with China and US flag
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