CNN6d
TikTok’s founder is now China’s richest person. But the country’s total number of billionaires has shrunk
China has a new richest person – and it’s the entrepreneur behind the wildly popular, and controversial, app TikTok. Zhang Yiming, 41, co-founder of TikTok’s parent company ByteDance ...
The Verge28d
TikTok hit by over a dozen state lawsuits for allegedly harming teens
Attorneys general from 14 states and districts sued TikTok for allegedly harming kids’ mental health and misleading the public about how safe its platform is. The bipartisan group of AGs ...
TechCrunch24d
TikTok’s research reportedly acknowledges negative effects on teens
Court documents suggest that TikTok executives are aware of the app’s potential harm to teenagers, according to reporting by NPR and Kentucky Public Radio. Fourteen U.S. attorneys general sued ...
Variety27d
Inside TikTok’s Money Squeeze on Independent Labels: ‘This Is a Classic Divide-and-Conquer Situation’
Earlier this year, when TikTok and Universal Music Group locked horns over their licensing agreement — and the world’s largest music company removed nearly all of its artists and songwriters ...
CNN25d
Sealed TikTok court documents show time limit tool effectively did nothing to reduce teen usage, NPR reports
A screen-time limit tool on TikTok doesn’t work in limiting teen usage, the company’s own analysis reportedly found, according to in unredacted documents accidentally revealed as part of a ...
Forbes28d
14 Attorneys General Sue TikTok As Its Future In The U.S. Is On The Line
With federal scrutiny of TikTok at an all-time high, states and D.C. are waging their own wars against the app. Bipartisan attorneys general from more than a dozen states and Washington are suing ...
Mashable21d
TikTok's retro dating dance trends harken back to the days of courtship
TikTok is in its Regency Era with creators dancing their way to love. The most popular dance trend on the platform sees men appeal to a woman's father with their dance moves. Before breaking into ...
Teen Vogue8d
Gen Z Is Listening to the Trump Access Hollywood Tape on TikTok for the First Time
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Reuters28d
TikTok sued by 13 states and DC, accused of harming younger users
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - TikTok faces new lawsuits filed by 13 U.S. states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday, accusing the popular social media platform of harming and failing ...
The New York Times29d
TikTok Faces Barrage of Lawsuits Around Teens and Mental Health
More than a dozen states sued TikTok on Tuesday for creating an app designed to be addictive to children and teenagers. By Sapna Maheshwari and David McCabe Thirteen states and the District of ...
NPR28d
More than a dozen states sue TikTok, alleging it harms kids and is designed to addict them
More than a dozen states, led by California and New York, are suing TikTok for allegedly duping the public about the safety of the popular video app, claiming it was deliberately designed to keep ...