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TikTok employee goes viral after ‘stealing company assets’ on day after being laid off
She can now TikTok off the clock.
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TikTokers are roasting McDonald's hilarious drive-thru AI order fails — and it shows that robots won't take over restaurants any time soon
McDonald's drive-thru customers express frustration – and in some cases uncontrollable laughter – after failed run-ins with ordering bots.
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Apple and Google face mounting pressure to remove TikTok from app stores
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) demanded that Apple and Google “immediately” remove TikTok from their app stores in a letter addressed to the companies’ chief executives, Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai, Thursday. Bennet’s push to restrict downloads of the app is just the latest in a series of mounting congressional actions to ban the embattled Chinese-owned app. Since January, Republicans and Democrats have been calling for either their colleagues or Biden administration officials to quickly impose stricter data collection restrictions or a nationwide ban on the app, citing its possible risks to US national security.
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In the shallow world of BookTok, being ‘a reader’ is more important than actually reading
The TikTok books community is more about a lifestyle aesthetic than actual reading. As a former BookTuber, I can't help but feel partly responsible
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TikTok confirms that its own employees can decide what goes viral
Your For You page isn’t entirely automated.
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TikTok use is associated with increased body dissatisfaction, study finds
Do you scroll through TikTok as a form of entertainment? While it may seem like a harmless activity, a study published in Body Image suggests that TikTok usage is related to body dissatisfaction, appearance comparison, and body surveillance.
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TikTok rolls out its 'state-controlled media' label to 40 more countries
The pilot initially began last year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine by labeling state-controlled media in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.
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Auburn Banned TikTok, and Students Can’t Stop Talking About It
The school’s prohibition brings a geopolitical fight front and center for TikTok’s biggest fans: young Americans.
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More than half of US states have cracked down on TikTok access from government devices | CNN Business
More than half of all US states have partially or fully banned TikTok from government devices, according to a CNN analysis, reflecting a wave of recent clampdowns by governors and state agencies targeting the short-form video app.
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List of states banning TikTok grows
Wisconsin and North Carolina have joined at least 22 other states in banning the popular social media app TikTok on state-owned devices, including Mississippi, Indiana, Louisiana and South Dakota.
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Seattle schools sue TikTok, Meta and other platforms over youth 'mental health crisis'
Seattle public schools have sued the tech giants behind TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat, accusing them of creating a "mental health crisis among America's Youth." The 91-page lawsuit filed in a US district court states that tech giants exploit the addictive nature of social media, leading to rising anxiety, depression and thoughts of self-harm.
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Why TikTok’s future has never been so cloudy
As 2023 begins, open up the most-downloaded charts for free apps on iOS and Google and you’ll find TikTok where it usually is: on top. The video-centric social app currently ranks No. 3 overall in both stores, trailing only a shopping app and mood diary (on Android) and a to-do app and video editor (on iOS). That video editing app is CapCut, by the way, and it is also developed by ByteDance; CapCut is an app for making TikTok videos.
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TikTok cops to running “covert surveillance campaign” on Western journalists
Fired employees “misused their authority to obtain access to TikTok user data.”
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Canada's electronic spy agency watching TikTok 'very carefully,' Trudeau says
Canada's electronic spy agency is watching out for security threats from the popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday.
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TikTok would be banned from US “for good” under bipartisan bill
Lawmakers liken TikTok's widening influence in the US to "digital fentanyl."
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#BookTok: Is TikTok changing the publishing industry?
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Maryland is the latest state to ban TikTok in government agencies
Maryland is banning the use of TikTok and certain China and Russia-based platforms in its executive branch. It's the latest state to address cybersecurity risks presented by the platforms.
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Will America ban TikTok?
Influence and espionage. Social media apps are regularly scrutinized for their influence over Americans — witness the brouhahas over Facebook's role in the 2016 election and Twitter's role in blocking a story about Hunter Biden during the 2020 presidential campaign. TikTok comes with a twist: It's owned by a Chinese company, ByteDance. "It isn't an arm of the Chinese Communist Party," Vox reports, "but Chinese laws say it can be forced to assist the Chinese government."
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TikTok sued by Indiana over security and safety concerns
The app is accused of deceiving users over China's access to data and exposing kids to mature content.
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TikTok Influencer Is Fined After Hitting a Golf Ball Into the Grand Canyon
Katie Sigmond, who has nearly seven million followers on TikTok and posts workout and modeling videos, faced legal trouble after the stunt.
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