TikTok is launching a photo sharing platform, TikTok Notes. It's starting with a limited test at first, but it's not clear how successful this platform will be, or which countries they'll eventually launch in.
TORONTO - TikTok is testing an app that rivals Instagram in Canada. The social media company says TikTok Notes became available for download and “limited testing” in Canada and Australia this week. TikTok Notes allows users to share photos and text. The company says on X that the test is part of early stages of experimentation it is undertaking with images and text. The app's debut comes as concern has been mounting around TikTok because Chinese law forces companies in the country to...
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Chennai: India’s swift and preemptive action against TikTok could be a feature that plays out in American courts as the ByteDance-owned firm is likely to challenge the US move to ban its video-hosting service, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner Brendan Carr told ET in an exclusive interaction.Carr’s comments come close on the heels of a stringent directive issued to the popular app by US President Joe Biden on Wednesday.He signed a bill that requires TikTok’s Chinese parent...
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President Joe Biden signed a bill Wednesday that could lead to a ban on TikTok, the popular social media app that U.S. lawmakers have said is susceptible to data manipulation by the Chinese Communist Party — and a platform that Biden's own re-election campaign is using to reach young voters. The bill gives TikTok's China-based parent company, ByteDance, up to one year to sell the app or be banned from the U.S. Yet despite the looming court fight over ByteDance's divestment and the persistent...
You’ve probably heard word of the United States’ pending TikTok ban, but why is it happening and how did we get here? According to data published by Business of Apps, TikTok was the second most downloaded app of 2023 with 654 million downloads globally. This marks the first year that TikTok has dropped below Instagram in the rankings in three years. This might not be the case for much longer as US President Biden signed off on a bill that effectively bans TikTok in the States unless...
No, TikTok will not suddenly disappear from your phone. Nor will you go to jail if you continue using it after it is banned.