By Associated Press January 09, 2024 TikTok has restricted one tool researchers use to analyze popular videos, a move that follows a barrage of criticism directed at the social media platform about content related to the Israel-Hamas war and a study that questioned whether the company was suppressing topics that don’t align with the … Continue reading TikTok is restricting a key tool used by researchers to assess content on its platform
WSJ study highlights youth exposure to conflict content on TikTok Maxwell William / Last Updated: Dec 23, 2023 In a revealing experiment by The Wall Street Journal, automated accounts posing as 13-year-olds on TikTok were inundated with polarizing and often extreme content related to the Israel-Gaza conflict. This investigation highlights the potent influence of … Continue reading WSJ study highlights youth exposure to conflict content on TikTok
TikTok in $1.5bn investment with Indonesia tech giant GoTo Ali Rees / Last Updated: Dec 11, 2023 TikTok owner ByteDance is set to resume business in Indonesia by taking a majority 75.01% stake in Tokopedia with a promised $ 1.5bn investment. Indonesian tech company GoTo will maintain a 24.99% minority stake in Tokopedia, reports … Continue reading TikTok in $1.5bn investment with Indonesia tech giant GoTo
TikTok ban in Montana blocked by US judge over free speech rights This was just one month away from the start date. Richard Lai Updated Fri, Dec 1, 2023 REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein Montana’s unprecedented state-wide ban of Chinese short-video app, TikTok, was supposed to take effect on January 1, 2024, but as reported by Reuters, … Continue reading TikTok ban in Montana blocked by US judge over free speech rights
By Sarah Bregel November 29, 2023 Last Christmas, my teenage daughter didn’t write out her Christmas list like I kept asking her to do. Instead, she sent me an adorable and quirky video containing photos of the items she wanted, accompanied by notes revealing the specifics (“these in pink, but if they’re out of … Continue reading The latest TikTok trend: A Christmas wish list PowerPoint deck, from your kids
By Michael Grothaus November 27, 2023 Layoffs have hit the tech industry hard in 2023, and now another round is hitting even more employees. The latest company to lay off employees is ByteDance, owner of TikTok. The layoffs, which are expected to officially be announced today, will hit employees working for its Nuverse gaming … Continue reading TikTok owner ByteDance to lay off hundreds as it winds down its failed gaming division
Amazon, TikTok, Spotify High On List Of Mobile Data-Sharing Apps by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, November 24, 2023 Mobile web traffic and apps are playing a major role in shopping this holiday weekend. A Microsoft consulting firm has released the names of the apps that are sharing the most consumer data to third parties. … Continue reading Amazon, TikTok, Spotify High On List Of Mobile Data-Sharing Apps
YouTube rolls out AI music makers to take on TikTok Radek Zielinski / Nov 17, 2023 YouTube has unveiled two new AI-powered music creation tools — Dream Track and Music AI — to help creators make engaging short videos that compete better with rivals like TikTok. The new tools allow users to generate original songs … Continue reading YouTube rolls out AI music makers to take on TikTok
TikTok users have big plans for after the holidays. Here’s what the video platform found out about its audience’s interest in post-holiday promotions. Chris Wood on October 31, 2023 Shoppers intend to keep the holidays going after the season, at least those on TikTok. A full 79% of TikTok users say they’re likely to continue … Continue reading TikTok users have post-holiday shopping plans
See how MarTechBot responds to a prompt; and how the prompt could be improved. MarTechBot on October 30, 2023 Best of the Bot showcases MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. The language model is based on content from MarTech layered on top of ChatGPT. The editors of MarTech selected this response for its usefulness and have … Continue reading Executing a TikTok campaign: Best of the Bot
