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TikTok, the popular social network owned by Chinese company ByteDance, has announced the layoff of hundreds of employees worldwide, including a significant number in Malaysia.
Apple is introducing a new feature in Apple Music that will allow users to easily share their favourite songs on TikTok with the iOS 18.1 beta 6 update.
According to a new Pew Research social survey, the majority of adult TikTok users in the U.S. are not signed up for political accounts.
TikTok has announced the launch of a new monetisation feature called Subscription, which will allow creators to share exclusive content with paid subscribers. This feature is an expanded version of the previous LIVE Subscription tool, which was renamed in March.
A new report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accuses major social media companies of mass collection and inadequate protection of user data.
Meta, Snap and TikTok have launched a new programme called Thrive aimed at preventing the distribution of graphic content depicting or encouraging suicide and self-harm.
TikTok has launched a new feature called Manage Themes, which allows users to fully customise the themes in the For You feed.
A US appeals court has revived a lawsuit against TikTok filed by the mother of a 10-year-old girl who died after participating in a viral "blackout" challenge.
TikTok has filed a lawsuit in a US federal appeals court, claiming that the US Department of Justice made factual errors in its allegations about the company's ties to China.
TikTok continues to expand the functionality of its platform by adding new features for private messaging. Users can now create group chats with up to 32 people.
TikTok has introduced a new feature called TikTok Spotlight, which will help users recognise film and TV series titles from short video clips.
Insiders are reporting details about a new mixed reality headset, the Pico 4S (or Pico 4 Ultra in some regions), developed by Pico, a company owned by ByteDance, the owner of TikTok. The headset has already received the approval of the South Korean National Research Agency (RRA) and may be available on the market in the near future.
ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok, has officially launched a new AI-powered video creation app called Faceu.
The US Department of Justice is asking a federal court to reject TikTok's attempt to avoid a law requiring it to be sold or banned due to a national security threat. They claim that TikTok collects information about users' views on topics such as abortion, gun control and religion.
TikTok is testing a new feature called Sound Search, which allows users to find songs by humming or playing them in the app.
