TikTok
- World
Now Canada bans TikTok on govt-issued mobile devices
Toronto: Canada has become the latest country to ban Chinese short-video-making app TikTok from government-issued mobile devices. The country joins the European Union and some state governments in the US in banning…
- India
Chinese app TikTok sacks entire India staff: Report
New Delhi: Chinese short video-making app TikTok has reportedly sacked its entire India staff — about 40 employees — and February 28 will be their last working day. According to a report…
- Business
US mulls bill to ban TikTok nationwide over security concerns
Washington: The US plans to ban Chinese short video-making app TikTok nationwide, and the House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a vote next month on a bill to completely block the platform.…
- Technology
TikTok tests its ‘sleep reminders’ feature
San Francisco: Chinese short-form video-making app TikTok is testing a new ‘sleep reminders’ feature, which will allow users to set up alerts during their bedtime and to mute notifications during the recommended…
- 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,…
