Category TikTok

Some small shifts in the app download rankings for January, with ChatGPT taking the crown as the most downloaded app on iOS, and TikTok rising to the top of the combined app downloads chart. As you can see in the…

TikTok has launched a new Digital Safety and Privacy Guide, which will help guide TikTok users on how to improve their privacy and security settings, while also acting as a resource to help parents ensure that their kids are safe…

Amid ongoing concerns about its links to the Chinese government, and its alleged national security risk in the U.S., TikTok has published a new overview of the various measures that it’s undertaken to ensure that U.S. user data remains separate…

Yeah, there’s some interesting context to this new push from TikTok. As it continues to battle for its life in the U.S., TikTok has launched a new promotional push in Canada, which aims to highlight how the app is helping…

TikTok has announced a range of activations for Black History Month, including a showcase of emerging Black creators, a new business accelerator program and even in-person events. First off, TikTok’s announced a new cohort of creators who will be part…

With Meta looking to poach TikTok creators, using the instability at the app caused by the U.S. sell off talks as a lever, TikTok’s now looking to fight back, with its own campaign aimed at highlighting how TikTok has helped…

Time for a quick check in on the U.S. TikTok sweepstakes, with another player looking to refine its offer to acquire the U.S. operations of the short-form video powerhouse. Yesterday, Perplexity AI revised its takeover offer for TikTok U.S., with…

So the latest on the TikTok ban in the U.S. is that TikTok is still banned, but President Trump has granted it a stay of execution. Though that extension may not be legal, which could still mean that TikTok’s operation…

So TikTok is now officially banned in the U.S., but also it’s not, and also, it’s only banned for people who want to download the app, while those who’ve previously downloaded it can still use it. And President Trump’s vowed…

So after months of senate hearings, months of legal challenges and years of cybersecurity investigations into the app, the TikTok ban in the U.S. was upheld for about 20 hours. Today, TikTok has become operational again for most American users,…