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07 Nov

Canada orders TikTok to shut down its business operations in the country due to ‘national security risks’

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Canada has TikTok to shut down its operations in the country, citing unspecified “national security risks” posed by the company and its parent ByteDance. With the move, TikTok will be forced to “wind up” all business in the country, though the Canadian government stopped short of banning the app.“The government is taking action to address the specific national security risks related to ByteDance Ltd.’s operations in Canada through the establishment of TikTok Technology Canada, Inc,” Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne said in a statement. “The decision was based on the information and evidence collected over the…

05 Nov

TikTok Employees Shrug Off the US Election

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TikTok is one of the tech companies that could be most impacted by the outcome of the US elections. But as the election result looms, employees there found themselves surprisingly disengaged from the high-level political drama that could decide the app’s fate.A San Jose-based product manager, who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media, says he was more worried about the TikTok ban before he joined the company earlier this year than now. He claims his colleagues rarely bring up the topic, and his team plans future product features in the app as if there’s…

12 Oct

TikTok is reportedly aware of its bad effects on teen users

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TikTok's executives and employees were well aware that its features foster compulsive use of the app, as well as of its corresponding negative mental health effects, according to NPR. The broadcasting organization reviewed the unredacted documents from the lawsuit filed by the Kentucky Attorney General's Office as published by the Kentucky Public Radio. More than a dozen states sued TikTok a few days ago, accusing it of "falsely claiming [that it's] safe for young people." Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman said the app was "specifically designed to be an addiction machine, targeting children who are still in the process of…

04 Oct

Texas is suing TikTok for allegedly violating its new child privacy law

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against TikTok claiming the company violated a new child privacy law in the state. It's set to be the first test of Texas’ Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act since it went into effect just over a month ago.Under the law, parts of which were struck down by a federal judge, social media platforms are required to verify the ages of younger users and offer parental control features, including the ability for parents to opt their children out of data collection.Paxton alleges that TikTok’s existing parental control features are…

01 Oct

ByteDance will reportedly use Huawei chips to train a new AI model

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As first reported by Reuters, ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, is planning to train and using chips from fellow Chinese company Huawei. Three anonymous sources approached Reuters with this information; a fourth source couldn’t confirm that ByteDance was using Huawei chips but did say that a new AI model was in development.Previously, ByteDance’s AI projects used NVIDIA’s H20 AI chips, which were designed for the and avoided the trade restrictions the US government placed in 2022. Chinese customers were only allowed to purchase select models of AI chips, which was an attempt to slow down Chinese technological advancement.ByteDance…

30 Sep

Inside TikTok’s Unhinged Home Remodeling Videos

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Along the way, the aesthetic and style of these videos started to change. The early viral renovation videos from Designer Bob were silly but could sometimes be mistaken for genuine design content. Newer videos were more ludicrous, the renovations more fantastical, their action narrated by a droning AI voice. That’s just the way TikTok’s remix culture works, says Alex Turvy, who studies digital culture.“We’re going to see trends like this become more and more absurd until they burn out,” he says.There’s even a spin-off meme specifically about “galvanized square steel,” to the point where some users have questioned whether the…

18 Sep

Five features that caught our eye from today’s YouTube livestream

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YouTube’s creator-focused , Made On YouTube, is here again, and there's plenty to talk about. From more AI integration to Communities, YouTube seems to be gearing up to compete against rivals like TikTok and Netflix. Here are five things that genuinely interested us among the deluge of updates and new features.YouTube is introducing the system, which lets viewers “go beyond” liking and sharing a video. The idea is to allow fans to give more visibility to smaller — so hyping is only allowed for videos from creators under 500,000 subscribers, and only on videos under a week old. Content with…

12 Aug

TikTok is finally rolling out group chats for up to 32 people

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is some direct message updates, including "highly requested" group chats. Owner ByteDance notes that group chats just yet, but those who do have access to the feature will be able to chat in groups of up to 32 people.You can start a group chat in a couple of ways. From your inbox, you can tap the Chat button at the top of the screen or a name in the messages list and then the "More options..." button. You can then choose which friends you want to include and then tap "Start group chat."The other method to start a group chat…

12 Aug

Social Media Platforms Are Harming a Generation of Kids

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09 Aug

TikTok will make it easier to identify movies and TV shows that users are clipping

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One of the more annoying aspects of (and Instagram and X) culture is when a user shares a contextless but captivating clip from a movie or a TV show. Oftentimes, they won't state or upfront, prompting viewers to ask in the comments in an engagement-boosting trick. TikTok is stepping in to with a new feature called TikTok Spotlight.When the platform's tech detects an applicable clip, it will add an anchor link to a landing page with more details about the show or movie. The page will include a synopsis, cast info and official accounts, as well as other TikToks linked…