TikTok Quietly Curtails Data Tool Used by Critics
TikTok’s Creative Center is meant to help advertisers track popular hashtags on the site....
Political Debate Is Rife on TikTok. Politicians? Not So Much.
President Biden could probably command a huge audience on TikTok, based on his 37.6 million followers on the X platform and 17.2 million on Instagram....
Judge Upholds Texas TikTok Ban on Government Devices
A federal judge ruled that the Texas TikTok ban was a “reasonable restriction” in light of Texas’ concerns about data privacy....
Judge Halts TikTok Ban in Montana
A TikTok billboard in Helena, Montana, in August. A state law calls for a TikTok ban to start on Jan. 1....
Are TikTok and X Amplifying Antisemitic Content? It’s Increasingly Hard to Know.
People examining the damage to a mosque in the Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip this month....
Jewish Celebrities and Influencers Confront TikTok Executives in Private Call
The actress Debra Messing was one of the celebrities who joined a meeting with TikTok executives....
China Uses ‘Deceptive’ Methods to Sow Disinformation, U.S. Says
The State Department reports that China is using various methods, including buying stakes in media organizations and using social media, to spread propaganda....
How Montana’s Attorney General Made Banning TikTok a Top Priority
Lobbying groups, small businesses and influencers have defended TikTok on billboards and in court filings against a Montana proposal....
Texas TikTok Ban Challenged for Threatening ‘Academic Freedom’
Columbia University’s Knight First Amendment Institute, which works on free speech cases pro bono, wants Texas and other states to exempt university faculty from TikTok...
Inside How TikTok Shares User Data
Inside How TikTok Shares User Data In August 2021, TikTok received a complaint from a British user, who flagged that a man had been “exposing...