TikTok
- Technology
TikTok users can now tag movies, TV shows in videos
San Francisco: Chinese short-form video-making app TikTok has partnered with IMDb, an online database of information related to films, television series and much more, to allow users to tag movies and TV…
- Technology
TikTok now allows users to find specific parts of videos
San Francisco: Chinese short-form video making app TikTok has quietly added a ‘video-scrubbing thumbnail’ feature to its platform that allows users to easily find a specific part of a longer video. This…
- Business
TikTok owner ByteDance slashes thousands of jobs
Beijing: TikTok’s China-based owner ByteDance has laid off hundreds of workers across multiple departments, the media reported. The layoffs affected employees at Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok with 600 million daily…
- Technology
TikTok’s new model to detect ‘borderline’ content
San Francisco: In an effort to age-restrict certain types of content, TikTok has said that it is working on a new model to detect “borderline” or “suggestive” content. “We’ve always had strict…
- Technology
TikTok tests YouTube-like horizontal full-screen mode
San Francisco: Chinese short-form video platform TikTok is reportedly testing a new horizontal full-screen mode with a select group of users globally. According to TechCrunch, the move was intended to attract the…
- Technology
Amazon to bring TikTok-like feed of shoppable content
San Francisco: With an aim to generate more engagement on its platform, e-commerce giant Amazon has announced that it will bring a TikTok-like feed of shoppable content named ‘Inspire’ to its application.…
- World
Bumble, TikTok join initiative to prevent sharing of non-consensual images
San Francisco: Social media platforms TikTok and Bumble have joined an initiative to prevent the sharing of non-consensual intimate images online. The social media platforms partnered with StopNCII.org (Stop Non-Consensual Intimate Image…
- News
Indian-American model calls Varanasi ‘scariest city’; slammed
New York: An Indian-American model and social media influencer, whose family hails from Lucknow, has apologised after being slammed for calling Varanasi the’ scariest city’ in her TikTok video. Atlanta-based Aparna Singh…
- Technology
TikTok begins testing in-app shopping feature
San Francisco: Chinese short-form video platform TikTok has started testing its in-app shopping feature, which will allow users to make purchases directly inside the application. The new feature has begun to roll…
- Technology
TikTok tells Europeanusers its staff in China can access their data
London: TikTok is spelling out to its European users of the platform that their data can be accessed by employees outside the continent, including in China, amid political and regulatory concerns about…
- Technology
Musk seeks to revive Twitter’s short-form video app Vine in TikTok era
San Francisco: New Twitter boss Elon Musk has sought to revive the microblogging site’s short-form video app Vine in the TikTok era. Chief Twit Musk posted a poll on his Twitter account,…
- Technology
Filmmaker blames TikTok for allowing abusive comments in video
San Francisco: British filmmaker Emmeline Hartley has slammed Chinese short-form video app TikTok for allowing abusive comments in a video. The comment section of the video about sexual consent was filled with…
- Technology
TikTok brings adult-only streams, raises age requirement for going live
San Francisco: Short video platform TikTok confirmed that it is introducing livestreams for adults and is also increasing the minimum age requirement for livestreams on its platform. Currently, people must be aged…
- Technology
Meta to shut ‘Instant Articles’ format on FB in early 2023
San Francisco: Meta will end support for its ‘Instant Articles’ format on the Facebook platform next year, as the company moves away from its news-related products and focus on TikTok-like offerings. According…
- Middle East
TikTok profits from livestreams of Syrian refugees begging for money
The Chinese social networking site TikTok gets about 70 percent of the donations made through its application, to hundreds of displaced families living in Syrian camps, according to a BBC investigation. BBC…
