September 22, 2025 How a new U.S.-flavored algorithm will alter the experience of TikTok A rumored split between TikTok’s algorithm in the United States and the computer code running the app elsewhere could put off users—and destroy TikTok’s secret sauce. span>span]:whitespace-nowrap”>
September 22, 2025 Oracle to secure TikTok’s algorithm for users under U.S. deal It’s unclear if retraining the copy of the algorithm would essentially create a separate TikTok experience just for domestic U.S. users.
August 07, 2025 TikTok is losing it over real-life octopus cities BY Eve Upton-Clark Remember when the internet cried actual tears for an anglerfish earlier this year? Now, TikTok has a new deep-sea obsession. Brought to light by creator and wildlife biologist Josh Allyn, TikTok has recently discovered “Octopolis” and “Octlantis”—two real underwater sites off the … Continue reading TikTok is losing it over real-life octopus cities
Here are the letters that let Apple and Google ignore the TikTok ban Amazon, Oracle, Microsoft and other companies received similar letters from AG Pam Bondi. karissa bell Fri, Jul 4, 2025 SOPA Images via Getty Images More than six months after TikTok was briefly banned, we still don’t know exactly what its fate in … Continue reading Here are the letters that let Apple and Google ignore the TikTok ban
January 17, 2025 How 2 CareerTok creators are preparing for the TikTok ban Influencers Hanna Goefft and Courtney Johnson share what the platform has meant to them and how they’ll keep providing career advice. BY Jocelyn Mintz As a nationwide TikTok shutdown looms, more than 100,000 full-time TikTok content creators are scrambling to figure out the … Continue reading How 2 CareerTok creators are preparing for the TikTok ban
January 16, 2025 One reason the U.S. government is so spooked by TikTok: AI The app has 170 million U.S. users. That could present China with a lot of data on which to train its AI. BY Mark Sullivan Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of … Continue reading One reason the U.S. government is so spooked by TikTok: AI
August 12, 2024 TikTok’s blazing UX makes Trump’s lies spread faster than ever Trump told a lie about Kamala Harris. And TikTok is still spreading it with abandon. BY Hunter Schwarz The race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump has its first controversy over misinformation. But rather than faked images that push … Continue reading TikTok’s blazing UX makes Trump’s lies spread faster than ever
May 08, 2024 Top TikTok exec out on leave amid accusations of bullying and harassment (exclusive) TikTok Germany’s general manager, Tobias Henning, has been subject to at least three complaints since 2021. BY Chris Stokel-Walker Update: This story has been updated to include comments from Tobias Henning. TikTok’s general manager in Germany, Tobias Henning, has gone … Continue reading Top TikTok exec out on leave amid accusations of bullying and harassment (exclusive)
April 22, 2024 TikTok warns 170 million Americans could lose their free speech rights if U.S. bill is enacted The legislation provides a nine-month deadline with a possible extension, if ByteDance makes progress towards a sale. BY Reuters TikTok on Sunday repeated its free-speech concerns about a bill passed by the House of Representatives that would … Continue reading TikTok warns 170 million Americans could lose their free speech rights if U.S. bill is enacted
