Researchers seek to unravel secrets of TikTok’s addictive algorithm

Researchers claim to have decoded how TikTok’s algorithm keeps users hooked. The app, mostly used to share short videos, was launched in 2017 and quickly became one of the world’s most popular ... who ... Read More

Why the U.S. Is Forcing TikTok to Be Sold or Banned

Lawmakers in numerous countries have expressed concerns that TikTok ... data from Chinese companies and citizens for intelligence-gathering operations. They are also worried that China could use ... Read More

Spotify Plans New Remixing Tools for the TikTok Generation

With 500 million monthly users, Spotify is the world’s largest music streaming service. Here’s an inside look at how the platform uses machine learning technology to generate personalized ... Read More

Opinion: Why a TikTok ban isn’t what we need

Tech firms have flourished financially under the U.S. approach: Companies can gather, use and monetize data with few constraints ... If the flood of calls from TikTok and its users to ... Read More

TikTok pulls feature from Lite app in EU over addiction concerns

The feature allows users to earn points for doing things like watching and liking TikTok videos ... snippets captured by its voice AI after a data protection authority had informed Google of an ... Read More

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The direct language used against ... introduced new data to the unsettled and fractious debate about bans on transgender athletes. Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, has been ... Read More

Taylor Swift songs return to TikTok after being yanked because of licensing spat

At the time, Universal Music accused TikTok of trying to “bully” the world’s largest music company into a deal worth less than their prior pact— and allegedly TikTok was not willing to ... Read More

TikTok is under investigation by the FTC over data practices and could face a lawsuit

citing a report from Buzzfeed News that said ByteDance employees in China have repeatedly accessed data on U.S. TikTok users. In late 2022, ByteDance said it fired four employees who accessed data ... Read More

McConnell implores Senate to take up TikTok divestment bill: ‘America’s greatest strategic rival’

That user data could theoretically feed its artificial intelligence aspirations. TikTok says it has roughly 170 million users ... “You can use a pen to write salacious anti-American propaganda ... Read More

Here's why guys assaulting women on TikTok will probably get away with it

It’s all over TikTok ... This is the story of how New York state partially decriminalized misdemeanor assault and now recirculates into communities individuals who used to be sent by a more ... Read More

Explainer: Why is the US government trying to ban TikTok?

U.S. officials warn TikTok's management is beholden to the Chinese government and fear Beijing could use the social ... company to share the data of its 170 million U.S. users. Read More

TikTok could launch new app to rival Instagram

Modern Retail, an online news publication, reported that TikTok has been pushing users to post photos rather ... launched their version of stories in 2017 after Snapchat saw success with the ... Read More