TikTok

The app is a photo-based app that could be described as a mixture of Instagram and Pinterest with sprinkles of videos that resemble those posted on TikTok

TikTok accounts in this category have racked up millions of views; they are designed to provoke feelings of anguish and desolation in viewers, especially among frustrated young people

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The watchdog says TikTok allowed as many as 1.4 million children in the U.K. under 13 to use the app despite the platform’s own rules prohibiting children that young from setting up accounts

More than two dozen Democratic members of Congress who are active on TikTok are now facing questions about whether they’ll continue to use it, amid calls for a ban on the app

While many continue to feast on fast fashion, some buyers have developed a conscience, including several TikTok users who take part in challenges to ‘fast’ from shopping

They’re around 50-years-old, they have gray hair, their bodies aren’t sculpted and their attractiveness is as physical as it is emotional and intellectual. The erotic myth of the fascinating older man has been reborn on TikTok

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. is tasked with investigating corporate deals for national security concerns and holds power to force the Chinese company to change

A new ‘beautifying’ filter on TikTok has already been used 16 million times since it was launched in February. Experts are warning about the harmful impacts of using digital tools to create unrealistic faces and bodies

In a few short years, what once was one of the most disdained formats has become established as the favored choice for all the main platforms

The state filed three lawsuits accusing the companies of violating the state’s deceptive trade practices act

Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle face an uphill battle in trying to convince the public that China could use the app as a weapon against the American people

Youth turnout surged surged after Donald Trump was elected president in 2016. These voters helped Biden eke out victories in swing states in 2020

The French Minister for Transformation and Public Administration said in a statement that ‘recreational’ apps aren’t secure enough to be used in state administrative services

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The two bills Cox signed into law also prohibit kids under 18 from using social media between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m.

During a hearing on Thursday, the platform’s CEO, Shou Zi Chew, denied before the House of Representatives that the app threatens U.S. national security

The move ‘would seriously damage investors from multiple countries’ and hurt ‘confidence to invest in the United States,’ said a spokeswoman for the Chinese Ministry of Commerce

Shou Chew will make a high-profile appearance Thursday before a U.S. Congressional committee to make the case for why the hugely popular video-sharing app shouldn’t be banned

A U.S. study adds to mounting evidence that monitoring alone can’t change behaviors

Shou Zi Chew is due to answer questions Thursday from U.S. lawmakers concerned about the social media platform’s effects on its young user base and possible national security risks

The platform’s CEO said that the hearing ‘comes at a pivotal moment’ for the company as the video sharing app faces a possible ban in the United States

‘The Wall Street Journal’ reported that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. was threatening a ban on the app unless its owners divested

China accused the United States, which also prohibits official employees from having the app on their mobile devices, of spreading disinformation and suppressing the short-form video service

The tussle over TikTok is part of a wider global rivalry between China and the U.S. and its Western allies over technological and economic supremacy

Lula’s new government is asking for the ability to regulate social media, while the Supreme Court has silenced pro-Bolsonaro voices accused of spreading falsehoods

TikTok is under pressure in Europe, where it has 150 million users, the US and other countries that fear the app could pose risks to cybersecurity and data privacy