TikTok says end-to-end encryption would make DMs less safe

Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - TikTok tells the BBC it will not add end-to-end encryption to direct messages, arguing the feature would hinder safety teams and law enforcement from investigating harmful behavior.

2 days / mashable

U.S. TikTok Introduces 'Local Feed' to Surface Nearby Events and Content

Juli Clover / macrumors - The U.S. version of TikTok is being updated with a new community-focused "Local Feed," according to a blog post shared by the TikTok USDS Joint Venture.The Local Feed is designed to let TikTok users "discover and connect with content, businesses, and serv…

#dataprivacy #digitalmarketing #us #apps #tiktok #bytedance #community #algorithm

The new TikTok tab that helps you find hidden gems in your city

22 days / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

U.S. TikTok Introduces 'Local Feed' to Surface Nearby Events and Content

23 days / macrumors / Juli Clover

TikTok US launches a local feed that leverages a user's exact location

23 days / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

TikTok launches Local Feeds in the US

23 days / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

TikTok told to change 'addictive design' by EU or face massive fines

bbc - TikTok says it plans to challenge the "categorically false and entirely meritless" accusations.

#techpolicy #social #apps #tiktok #bytedance #ux #mentalhealth #digitalmarketsact #eu #regulation

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Heavy fines and legal threats (6)
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EU mandates design overhaul

The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app to be “addictive,” calling out features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, and push notifications, as well as its recommendation engine.

28 days / reddit / /u/MRADEL90

The EU Wants to Label 'Addictive Design' a Systemic Risk Under the DSA

28 days / techpolicy

EU Commission Urges TikTok’s to Change its “Addictive Design”

28 days / thurrott / Laurent Giret

EU says TikTok needs to drop "addictive design"

28 days / arstechnica / Barbara Moens, Financial Times

EU says TikTok uses 'addictive design' and must change

28 days / engadget / Steve Dent

EU tells TikTok to change 'addictive' design

28 days / techxplore

TikTok's 'Addictive Design' Found to Be Illegal in Europe

28 days / ycombinator

TikTok could be forced to change app’s ‘addictive design’ by European Commission

28 days / reddit / /u/Dr_Neurol

TikTok hit with charges of breaching EU online content rules, app may have to change

28 days / reddit / /u/FollowingFeisty5321

EU accuses TikTok of 'addictive design' and seeks changes to protect users

28 days / go

EU tells TikTok to change its addictive design

28 days / politico / Eliza Gkritsi

Heavy fines and legal threats

TikTok Ordered to Change Algorithm Over 'Addictive Design,' or Face a Hefty Fine

28 days / cnet / Katie Collins

EU threatens TikTok with massive fine over addictive design features

28 days / therecord

EU Says TikTok’s ‘Addictive Design’ Likely Violates the Law, Will Need to Change

28 days / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

EU Finds TikTok's Infinite Scroll and Algorithm Violate Digital Safety Law

28 days / implicator / Harkaram Grewal

EU says TikTok faces large fine over "addictive design"

28 days / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

TikTok told to change 'addictive design' by EU or face massive fines

28 days / bbc

Infinite scroll and algorithm issues

EU says TikTok must disable ‘addictive’ features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine

28 days / techcrunch / Ram Iyer

TikTok’s infinite scroll is too addictive, say EU regulators

28 days / theverge / Dominic Preston

Risks to minors and user wellbeing

Europe Accuses TikTok of 'Addictive Design' and Pushes for Change

28 days / slashdot / msmash

Europe Accuses TikTok of ‘Addictive Design’ and Pushes for Change

28 days / nytimes / Adam Satariano

EU warns TikTok over addictive feeds and risks to children

28 days / ft

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The European Commission has preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act over its addictive design. TikTok says it will challenge the findings, but it’s a massive test for the Digital Services Act, with potential implications for all p

28 days / bsky / @justinhendrix.bsky.social / justinhendrix.bsky.social

The EU is coming for TiKTok therecord.media/eu-threatens...

28 days / bsky / @suzannesmalley.bsky.social / suzannesmalley.bsky.social

The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app for being "addictive," calling out features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and its recommendation engine.

28 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

TikTok outage is resolved now

Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - TikTok said on Sunday it has restored service following a week of technical outages caused by a winter storm at an Oracle-operated data center. The disruptions impacted core features for TikTok’s 220 million U.S. users and occurred as the platform finaliz…

#climate #cloud #business #datacenter #internet #tiktok #bytedance #technology

US TikTok service restored after cloud 'that doesn't go down' went down

4 wks / theregister / Dan Robinson

TikTok says it's 'back to normal' after winter storm-related outages

4 wks / engadget / Sarah Fielding

TikTok outage is resolved now

4 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

TikTok says its services are restored after the outage

4 wks / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

TikTok settles hours before landmark social media addiction trial

techxplore - Video sharing app TikTok has made an eleventh-hour deal to avoid a landmark US trial accusing it, along with Meta and YouTube, of addicting young people to social media, lawyers said on Tuesday.

#techpolicy #digitalhealth #health #tiktok #psychology #bytedance #law #media #litigation

TikTok avoids historic trial with last-minute Snap settlement

5 wks / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

TikTok settles as Meta and Google face jury in social media addiction suit

5 wks / mashable

Jury selection begins Tuesday as this case moves closer to trial.

5 wks / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

TikTok settles hours before landmark social media addiction trial

5 wks / techxplore

TikTok settles just before social media addiction trial to begin

5 wks / ycombinator

TikTok joins Snap to settle social media addiction lawsuit

5 wks / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

TikTok settles to avoid major social media addiction lawsuit

5 wks / engadget / Karissa Bell

TikTok’s US Handover Spirals Into Chaos

Chris Hauk / idropnews - TikTok’s transition to US ownership hits a crisis as server outages, censorship claims over a Minneapolis shooting, and a Gavin Newsom probe drive users to UpScrolled.Read More...

#techpolicy #business #internet #us #apps #tiktok #bytedance #censorship #contentmoderation

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Technical outages and infrastructure hiccups (2)
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Meta, TikTok and YouTube are on trial over whether their apps hurt children

Shannon Bond / npr - A trial kicking off in a Los Angeles courtroom marks the first time a jury will hear claims that social media companies knowingly hook young users and cause harm.

#techpolicy #meta #social #youtube #tiktok #law #contentmoderation #litigation #safety #california

TikTok to settle as social media addiction trial involving Meta, YouTube moves forward www.cnbc.com/2026/01/27/t...

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TikTok Settles Teen Mental-Health Lawsuit Before Trial

5 wks / wsj / Erin Mulvaney

TikTok to settle as social media addiction trial involving Meta, YouTube moves forward

5 wks / cnbc

TikTok Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit Ahead of a Landmark Trial

5 wks / nytimes / Cecilia Kang

Blockbuster social media trial kicks off, with more to come this year

5 wks / cnbc

"Social media apps have long been accused of being harmful to children. Now those claims will come before a jury for the first time in a trial kicking off Tuesday in a Los Angeles courtroom." www.npr.org/2026/01/27/n...

5 wks / bsky / @socialmedialab.ca / socialmedialab.ca

Meta, TikTok and YouTube are on trial over whether their apps hurt children

5 wks / npr / Shannon Bond

Meta, TikTok and YouTube face landmark trial over youth addiction claims

5 wks / go

The Social Media Addiction Trials: What to Know

5 wks / nytimes / Cecilia Kang

Social Media Giants Face Landmark Legal Tests on Child Safety

5 wks / nytimes / Cecilia Kang

TikTok uninstalls are up 150% following U.S. joint venture

cnbc - TikTok's daily average U.S. app uninstalls have increased nearly 150% over the past five days compared to the previous three months, Sensor Tower told CNBC.

#mobile #business #us #apps #tiktok #bytedance #ux #acquisitions #bugs

TikTok technical glitches and soaring uninstalls (3)
US ownership sparks policy and censorship questions (2)
Users flocking to competitors amid TikTok crisis (6)
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TikTok technical glitches and soaring uninstalls

TikTok’s New US Owners Are Off to a Very Rocky Start

5 wks / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

TikTok uninstalls are up 150% following U.S. joint venture

5 wks / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

TikTok uninstalls are up 150% following U.S. joint venture

5 wks / cnbc

US ownership sparks policy and censorship questions

What does TikTok's new ownership mean for users in the U.S.?

5 wks / npr / Hosts

TikTok investigating why some users can't write "Epstein" in messages

5 wks / npr / Bobby Allyn

Users flocking to competitors amid TikTok crisis

TikTok Backlash Fuels Sudden Surge in Little-Known Australian Social App

5 wks / decrypt / Jason Nelson

TikTok Alternative 'Skylight' Soars To 380K+ Users After TikTok US Deal Finalized

5 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

People are uninstalling TikTok and downloading an indie competitor

5 wks / engadget / Karissa Bell

Social network UpScrolled sees surge in downloads following TikTok’s US takeover

5 wks / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

TikTokers are heading to UpScrolled following US takeover

5 wks / reddit / /u/Nodistractzens

TikTokers are heading to UpScrolled following US takeover

5 wks / theverge / Emma Roth

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トランプ類は「消すと増える」ネットの法則を知らんのかな “これは、TikTokが米国における同社の事業の支配権を主にアメリカ人投資家のコンソーシアムに与える売却を完了したわずか数日後に起こった。この取引により、中国の親会社に関連する国家安全保障上の懸念による同アプリの全国的な禁止は回避された。” www.npr.org/2026/01/27/n...

5 wks / bsky / @3wo-chan.bsky.social / 3wo-chan.bsky.social

Xもそのうち“検閲”されそう “ネット上では多くの人がTikTokの新経営陣を非難し、Xでハッシュタグ「#TikTokCensorship」を掲げて結集した。これらの苦情には、ミネアポリスでの致命的な銃撃事件や移民捜査に関する動画がアプリ上で正しく読み込まれないことが含まれていた。TikTokは、コンテンツモデレーションのルールに変更はないと述べた。” www.npr.org/2026/01/27/n...

5 wks / bsky / @3wo-chan.bsky.social / 3wo-chan.bsky.social

“TikTokの新経営陣がコンテンツルールやアプリのアルゴリズムをどのように作り変えるかはまだ明らかではないが、新経営陣が就任して以来、同プラットフォームのプライバシー規約は変更されており、アプリが正確な位置情報を収集するようになったこともその一つだ。一部のユーザーはこれに不安を抱きましたが、この種の侵入的なデータ収集はソーシャルメディアアプリでは一般的です。例えば、Snap、Instagram、Xなどは、いずれもユーザーの居場所に関する同様のデータを収集しています。” www.npr.org/202

5 wks / bsky / @3wo-chan.bsky.social / 3wo-chan.bsky.social

Officials at TikTok say they are looking into why many users have been unable to send the word "Epstein" in direct messages, an issue that garnered widespread attention on social media Monday and prompted California Gov. Gavin Newsom to announce

5 wks / bsky / @stevefm20.bsky.social / stevefm20.bsky.social

TikTok’s New US Owners Are Off to a Very Rocky Start

5 wks / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

TikTok attributes recent glitches to a power outage at a U.S. data center

Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - The timing of these outages lines up with the long-awaited creation of a separate U.S. TikTok entity last week.

#cloud #mobile #business #datacenter #internet #us #tiktok #bytedance #ux #bugs

Data center outage impact (8)
US ownership tensions and censorship (5)
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Data center outage impact

TikTok blames data center outages for U.S. app problems, denies censorship claims

5 wks / cnbc

All the ways TikTok is broken: here’s what’s real and what’s not

5 wks / theverge / Richard Lawler

TikTok apologises after thousands in US report issues

5 wks / bbc

TikTok attributes recent glitches to a power outage at a U.S. data center

5 wks / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

TikTok says a power outage is causing issues with the app in the US

5 wks / engadget / Karissa Bell

Data center power outage took out TikTok first weekend under US ownership

5 wks / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

TikTok blames its US problems on a power outage

5 wks / theverge / Emma Roth

TikTok USA is broken

5 wks / reddit / /u/Well_Socialized

US ownership tensions and censorship

New TikTok US joint venture faces first major technical crisis

5 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

TikTok Data Center Outage Triggers Trust Crisis for New US Owners

5 wks / reddit / /u/Well_Socialized

TikTok Faces Outage and Censorship Concerns Days After U.S. Ownership Deal Closes

5 wks / macrumors / Juli Clover

US ownership of TikTok off to a rocky start as outage continues into second day

5 wks / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

TikTok is shaky after US ownership shift, reigniting censorship debate

5 wks / appleinsider

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can… data center outages… be this specific…? www.cnbc.com/2026/01/27/t...

5 wks / bsky / @lorak.bsky.social / lorak.bsky.social

“CNBC confirmed that messages containing the word "Epstein" triggered an error message Leavitt shared a screenshot of videos on his profile that had been flagged as "Ineligible for Recommendation," and claimed TikTok had begun censori

5 wks / bsky / @southerngayteacher.bsky.social / southerngayteacher.bsky.social

TikTok Faces Outage and Censorship Concerns Days After U.S. Ownership Deal Closes

5 wks / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

The timing of these outages lines up with the long-awaited creation of a separate U.S. TikTok entity last week.

5 wks / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Image post - please click to view at origin

5 wks / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

very innovative

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TikTok In America Is Now US-Owned With Major Changes Coming

bgr - TikTok USDS Joint Venture now runs TikTok in the United States, as the popular video sharing app avoids being banned following threats from the US government.

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #china #government #business #us #tiktok #bytedance #acquisitions #censorship

TikTok issues, app login plague users days after US deal avoiding ban

5 wks / reddit / /u/RioMovieFan11

TikTok US venture to collect precise user location data

5 wks / reddit / /u/Haunterblademoi

TikTok is officially US-owned for American users, here's what's changing

5 wks / ycombinator

What to know about the deal to keep TikTok in US

5 wks / techxplore

it's really good that Oracle bought TikTok, a business that only loses money, at a time when it took on $56bn+ in debt and $240bn in lease obligations for GPUs to rent to OpenAI, a company that will run out of money. This could all have the funniest endin

6 wks / bsky / @edzitron.com

TikTok In America Is Now US-Owned With Major Changes Coming

6 wks / bgr

TikTok just changed its Terms of Service. What does that mean for your privacy?

mashable - TikTok users were prompted with new Terms of Service following the platform's shift in ownership. Here's what's new.

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #apps #tiktok #bytedance #updates #digitalprivacy

TikTok users are freaking out over a mention of "immigration status" data collection, but lawyers explain the disclosure is related to state privacy laws.

5 wks / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Alte Geschäftsbedingungen bekommen neue Bedeutung. Kalifornien hatte durchgesetzt, dass Firmen informieren müssen, wenn Userdaten genutzt werden können, um beispielsweise Rückschlüsse auf den Immigrationsstatus zu ziehen. Und nun bemerken Leute, was das b

5 wks / bsky / @publictorsten.bsky.social / publictorsten.bsky.social

TikTok users freak out over app's 'immigration status' collection

6 wks / reddit / /u/FakeOkie

TikTok users freak out over app’s ‘immigration status’ collection — here’s what it means

6 wks / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/01/23/236200/tiktok-is-now-collecting-even-more-data-about-its-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

6 wks / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

www.wired.com/story/tiktok... WHEN TIKTOK USERS in the US opened the app today, they were greeted with a pop-up asking them to agree to the social media platform’s new terms of service and privacy policy before they could resume scrolling...

6 wks / bsky / @andrewlevesque.bsky.social / andrewlevesque.bsky.social

TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users

6 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

TikTok just changed its Terms of Service. What does that mean for your privacy?

6 wks / mashable

TikTok Is Now Collecting More Data About Its Users

6 wks / ycombinator

TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes

6 wks / reddit / /u/Well_Socialized

TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes

6 wks / wired / Reece Rogers

TikTok Strikes Deal to Split Off an American Version, Ending Long Legal Saga

David McCabe and Emmett Lindner / nytimes - The Chinese parent company for the popular video app said it had struck a deal with a group of non-Chinese investors to create a new American TikTok to avoid a ban in the United States.

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #china #government #business #us #tiktok #bytedance #law #regulation

Deal closure: Securing TikTok’s U.S. future. (23)
Investor stakes: Detailing ownership and financial alliances. (6)
Security shakeup: Data control and algorithm adjustments underway. (7)
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Deal closure: Securing TikTok’s U.S. future.

TikTok Continues Operations in US as New Joint Venture

6 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Long-Awaited TikTok Agreement Officially Seals Its Future in the US

6 wks / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

TikTok finalizes deal to create new US entity and avoid ban

6 wks / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

TikTok Finalizes Deal to Form New US Joint Venture

6 wks / thurrott / Laurent Giret

TikTok Finalizes Deal To Form New American Entity

6 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

TikTok Avoids US Ban as Joint Venture Deal Officially Closes

6 wks / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

TikTok closes deal to operate in the US

6 wks / sherwood / Claire Yubin Oh

TikTok finalizes US joint venture and avoids ban

6 wks / techzine / Mels Dees

TikTok's long-running US saga ends with a deal that averts a ban

6 wks / techspot

TikTok finalizes a deal to form a new American entity

6 wks / techxplore

TikTok says the deal to create a US entity has been finalized

6 wks / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

TikTok closes deal to split US app from global business. Here's what to know

6 wks / bbc

TikTok finalizes deal to form new American entity

6 wks / npr / The Associated Press

That was a long wait, but TikTok US is finally a done deal

6 wks / siliconangle / James Farrell

TikTok US Deal Closes After Years Of Regulatory Uncertainty via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

6 wks / searchenginejournal / Matt G. Southern

TikTok forms U.S. joint venture, names a CEO

6 wks / cnbc

TikTok Creates Legal Entity to Eventually Maybe Possibly Sell to U.S. Investors (Don’t Call It a Done Deal)

6 wks / gizmodo / Matt Novak

TikTok Finalizes Deal to Keep Operating in the U.S.

6 wks / wsj / Amrith Ramkumar

TikTok finalizes deal for its US entity

6 wks / engadget / Mariella Moon

The TikTok deal is done, finally

6 wks / theverge / Richard Lawler

TikTok Strikes Deal to Split Off an American Version, Ending Long Legal Saga

6 wks / nytimes / David McCabe and Emmett Lindner

TikTok closes deal to divest U.S. operations

6 wks / axios / Sara Fischer

China and US Approve TikTok Spinoff Sale

6 wks / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Investor stakes: Detailing ownership and financial alliances.

TikTok Seals U.S. Joint Venture Deal with 80% American Ownership

6 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

China’s ByteDance Sells Majority Stake in TikTok U.S. Interests to Investor Group Led by Tech Billionaire Larry Ellison

6 wks / mediaplaynews / Erik Gruenwedel

Oracle (ORCL) Stock: TikTok Partnership Creates New U.S. Joint Venture

6 wks / parameter / Trader Edge

Oracle and Silver Lake lead $14 billion rescue of TikTok US operations

6 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Oracle, Michael Dell, named as investors in JV that will run TikTok's US operations

6 wks / theregister / Simon Sharwood

TikTok lands $14B deal to avoid US ban

6 wks / politico / Katherine Long

Security shakeup: Data control and algorithm adjustments underway.

What does a new US TikTok deal mean for users?

6 wks / bbc

TikTok US joint venture seen resembling Apple’s China iCloud deal

6 wks / scmp

TikTok Deal Will Keep It Online in the US, but Your Experience of the App Might Change

6 wks / cnet / Katie Collins

TikTok forms US joint venture, Oracle to control security

6 wks / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

TikTok deal adds new U.S. owners. Heres what this means for users.

6 wks / mashable

TikTok Finalizes U.S. Joint Venture to Secure App's Operations

6 wks / iclarified

TikTok America is here, but algorithm changes may take time

6 wks / appleinsider

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The deal ends a six-year long political saga that that started in 2020 when President Donald Trump tried to ban the app over national security concerns during his first term.

6 wks / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

TikTok Finalizes Deal To Form New American Entity https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/01/23/0817218/tiktok-finalizes-deal-to-form-new-american-entity?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

6 wks / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

TikTok Avoids US Ban as Joint Venture Deal Officially Closes

6 wks / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

The new TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC has been created, and a new US-based algorithm will be put into place which leave users with the choice to stick around or find an alternative.

6 wks / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

Succinctly put by @anupamchander.bsky.social: “My worry all along is that we may have traded fears of foreign propaganda for the reality of domestic propaganda" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...

6 wks / bsky / @maryannefranks.bsky.social / maryannefranks.bsky.social

You Can Now Watch Mini Dramas on TikTok's Standalone 'PineDrama' App

Lori Grunin / cnet - "Single Dad Hunt," "Cohabitating Romance" and other bite-size sugar fixes have earned their own app.

#mobile #entertainment #culture #apps #tiktok #bytedance #ux #community #media

TikTok's latest spinoff app feels a lot like Quibi, but with shorter and cornier content

6 wks / engadget / Jackson Chen

You Can Now Watch Mini Dramas on TikTok's Standalone 'PineDrama' App

7 wks / cnet / Lori Grunin

TikTok quietly launches a microdrama app called ‘PineDrama’

7 wks / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

TikTok is ready to roll out age checking in Europe

Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - Social media platforms are under global pressure to take care of younger users on their platforms, and this is very much the case in Europe. TikTok is about to start rolling out age checks in the region in a bid to keep regulators happy. TikTok’s owner, B…

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #tiktok #bytedance #europe #contentmoderation #eu #safety #digitalprivacy #regulation

TikTok is ready to roll out age checking in Europe

7 wks / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

TikTok tightens age verification across Europe

7 wks / engadget / Kris Holt

The TikTok US sale is finally happening

Emma Roth / theverge - TikTok has finalized the deal to sell its US business, according to reports from Axios, The Hollywood Reporter, and CNBC. They report that a memo from TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to employees on Thursday said the deal will close on January 22nd, with Oracle, …

#stockmarket #business #us #tiktok #bytedance #acquisitions #technology #oracle

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Finalized US sale and divestment details

TikTok Owner Signs Deal To Avoid US Ban

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

TikTok has finally agreed to a US sale

2 months / techspot

How TikTok Deal Would Resolve Saga Over Its US Operation

2 months / bloomberg / Bloomberg News

TikTok to Keep Core US Business Under New Deal

2 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

TikTok finally signs U.S. deal so it doesn't get banned – here's what it means for you

2 months / theshortcut / Max Buondonno

TikTok Is Staying: US Sale Officially Reached

2 months / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Report: TikTok Has Agreed to Divest its US Operations to American Consortium

2 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

We have more details on the TikTok deal, including some ownership statistics

2 months / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

ByteDance confirms TikTok will be controlled by US owners

2 months / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

TikTok parent signs away majority control to avoid US ban

2 months / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

TikTok Signs Deal to Divest U.S. Operations to American Investors

2 months / iclarified

Bytedance hands over US Tiktok to American business giants

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ByteDance Signs Deal to Divest US TikTok App

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US investors to close deal on 50% ownership of TikTok January 22

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TikTok just signed the deal to hand US operations to Oracle-led investor group

2 months / siliconangle / James Farrell

TikTok agrees to deal to cede control of U.S. business to American investor group

2 months / techcrunch / Lucas Ropek

TikTok U.S. Sale to Oracle-Led Group Set to Close in January

2 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

TikTok owner signs deal to sell US business

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TikTok signs deal to sell its U.S. operations after years of uncertainty

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TikTok signs deal to give U.S. operations to Oracle-led investor group

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The TikTok US sale is finally happening

2 months / theverge / Emma Roth

TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investors

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New US joint venture formation

TikTok signs joint venture deal to end US ban threat

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Investor deal is a ‘new TikTok US joint venture’

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TikTok Says New Joint Venture Will Enable Continued US Operations

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TikTok signs deal to create US joint venture

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TikTok signs agreement to create new U.S. joint venture, memo says

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TikTok Says It Signed Agreements to Create New US Joint Venture

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Oracle investor surge and market reaction

Oracle stock jumps 7% as cloud provider joins investor group to run TikTok's U.S. business

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How TikTok’s $14 Billion U.S. Deal Will Work Under Oracle Partnership

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Oracle (ORCL) Stock: Jumps on Landmark TikTok Buyout and Data-Security Role

2 months / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Oracle TikTok deal lifts AI mining stocks as bitcoin tags $88,000

2 months / coindesk / James Van Straten

Oracle (ORCL) Stock: U.S. TikTok Agreement Highlights Infrastructure Strength

2 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Oracle’s stock is rising. Why TikTok’s U.S. deal could be good news for the tech company.

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Oracle’s stock is rising on report of U.S. joint venture for TikTok

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Policy debates and editorial opinions

TikTok Deal Is the Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse

2 months / ycombinator

TikTok is not getting banned in the US, after all

2 months / digitaltrends

Will the TikTok deal mean the app changes in the US?

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TikTok ban: all the news on the app’s shutdown and return in the US

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TikTok Signs Agreements With US Investors. What's Next for Creators and Users?

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TikTok's deal to divest US operations fails to satisfy China hawks

2 months / semafor / Reed Albergotti

TikTok’s deal to divest US operations fails to satisfy China hawks - https-//www.semafor.com

2 months / google

The deal closes a long-running drama in which U.S. authorities have sought to compel ByteDance to divest.

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TikTok U.S. Sale to Oracle-Led Group Set to Close in January

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FT saying Oracle control it www.ft.com/content/7a77...

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Chew’s memo...says 50% of the investors will be new, with Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX, an Abu Dhabi-based investment company, retaining 15% each; 30.1% will be held by affiliates of certain existing investors of ByteDance; and 19.9% will be retained by By

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How ‘slop’ became the defining word of 2025

Grace Snelling / fastcompany - It’s official: 2025 was the year of slop.Merriam-Webster just announced in a post that its “human editors” have chosen “slop” as the 2025 Word of the Year.The dictionary’s official definition of the word is “digital content of low quality that is produced…

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Enterprise AI implementation insights

Cloudera and Nvidia bet on co-design to make enterprise AI work at scale

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Merriam-Webster's Slop Word coverage

'Slop' is the word of the year. What to do about AI taking over your feeds

2 months / qz / Shannon Carroll

Merriam-Webster declares 'slop' its word of the year in nod to growth of AI

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Merriam-Webster’s word of the year delivers a dismissive verdict on junk AI content

2 months / arstechnica / Benj Edwards

Merriam-Webster's 2025 Word of the Year Is 'Slop'

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Merriam-Webster names "slop" the word of the year, and boy was 2025 sloppy

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Merriam-Webster names ‘slop’ the word of the year

2 months / techcrunch / Lucas Ropek

'Slop' Is Merriam-Webster's 2025 Word of the Year as AI Content Floods the Internet

2 months / cnet / Macy Meyer

Merriam-Webster Declares 'Slop' the Word of the Year as AI Eats the Web

2 months / decrypt / Josh Quittner

How ‘slop’ became the defining word of 2025

2 months / fastcompany / Grace Snelling

This AI pervasive side effect is Merriam-Webster's word of the year

2 months / axios / Avery Lotz

'Slop' is Merriam-Webster's word of the year

2 months / engadget / Andre Revilla

2025 Word of the Year: Slop

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‘Rage bait’, ‘6-7’ and ‘AI slop’: Why the words of the year show us the internet is in a death spiral

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Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is ‘slop’

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TikTok now rewards teenagers for logging off at night

Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - TikTok has launched new digital well-being features and usage badges to improve user mental health and engagement with screen time management tools. The social media platform introduced a redesigned screen time management page. This page features an affir…

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TikTok will now reward you for less doomscrolling and sleeping well

3 months / digitaltrends

TikTok now rewards teenagers for logging off at night

3 months / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

TikTok will now give you badges for limiting your doomscrolling

3 months / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

TikTok debuts affirmation journal, soothing sounds

3 months / mashable

TikTok now has an in-app 'affirmation journal' and sound machine

3 months / engadget

TikTok wants to help you spot AI on the platform, filter it out

mashable - TikTok is testing a feature to control how much AI-generated content users see on the platform.

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You'll Soon Be Able to Curtail AI Slop on TikTok With a New AI Slider

3 months / cnet / Omar Gallaga

TikTok is adding a slider to avoid AI junk, and invisible watermarks to make it work

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TikTok will finally let you control the AI slop invading your feed

3 months / digitaltrends

TikTok is letting users control how much AI content they see

3 months / theverge / Dominic Preston

You can finally tell TikTok to stop showing you fake AI videos

3 months / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

TikTok wants to help you spot AI on the platform, filter it out

3 months / mashable

TikTok will let users tone down the amount of AI content in their feed

3 months / engadget

TikTok now lets you choose how much AI-generated content you want to see

3 months / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Trump, Xi set to finalize high-stakes TikTok deal this week

U.S. and Chinese officials are reportedly ready to seal a pivotal TikTok deal amid intense diplomatic back-and-forth. Treasury sources claim the agreement could wrap up as early as Thursday, highlighting yet another twist in the tech world's international power play—because apparently, global diplomacy now comes with hashtag drama.

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TikTok sale finalized as Trump and Xi prepare to close deal this week

4 months / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

The stage is set for high-stakes Trump-Xi meeting - Financial Times

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Trump’s TikTok Deal Will Supposedly Close on Thursday

4 months / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Trump and Xi will ‘consummate’ TikTok deal on Thursday, treasury secretary says

4 months / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

EU Accuses Meta and TikTok of Breaching DSA Transparency Rules, Threatens Major Fines

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - The European Commission has issued a preliminary finding that Meta and TikTok are in breach of the Digital Services Act over data access and content moderation.The post EU Accuses Meta and TikTok of Breaching DSA Transparency Rules, Threatens Major Fines …