C HINA HAWKS in America have long wanted to ban TikTok on national-security grounds. Congress has ordered ByteDance, its ...

But while the platform faces uncertain times, its influence remains undisputed ... Some experts argue that TikTok, like other social media sites, can be addictive and promote unnecessary spending.

The move comes as the Chinese owned short video app faces a US divest-or-ban ultimatum over concerns it could be used to influence Americans The rules affect state-affiliated media accounts' ability ...

In fact, even if you’ve never spent a single second on the app, there’s likely something in your life that has been altered by TikTok’s potent influence. Social media has always been a ...

The information collected by TikTok is similar to what's already gathered by other social media sites ... has the capability for surveillance and influence line-of-effort funded and supported ...

Valeria Marquez, 23, posted videos related to beauty and lifestyle, some of which had hundreds of thousands of views.

TikTok on Thursday released its first report detailing efforts to remove “covert influence operations” from its platform, noting 15 such campaigns including one from China that targeted people ...

The social media platform said the networks created fake accounts “to amplify narratives favouring certain politicians”.

TikTok’s overwhelming influence on the music industry as a whole ... TikTok's algorithm makes the app uniquely poised in the social media market. But these algorithms create echo chambers ...

"CCP don't want American influence to spread ... plans to do through the TikTok ban. But others pointed out that China has long blocked Western social media apps like Reddit and X to prevent ...

The media updated its model and threw the ... sees the winds changing. “The influence that has come from TikTok is way bigger than anything from Instagram ever was.” The rise of TikTok ...