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Instagram, YouTube start discouraging users from sharing videos to TikTok
Threatened by the meteoric rise of Chinese short-form video platform TikTok, Meta-owned Instagram, and Google-owned YouTube have introduced new features to discourage their short-video...
300 TikTok, ByteDance employees worked for Chinese state media: Report
At least 300 employees of TikTok and its parent company ByteDance employees worked for the Chinese state media publications, and more than a dozen...
Google now monetising YouTube Shorts, early results encouraging
In the era of TikTok, Google-owned YouTube Shorts is catching up fast and the company has seen encouraging results in its early monetization efforts...
Khaby Lame is now the most-followed creator on TikTok
With 142.8 million followers on TikTok, Khaby Lame has now officially become the most-followed creator on the short video platform.
Lame, who launched his TikTok...
YouTube Shorts allows creators to use clips from YouTube videos
TikTok competitor YouTube Shorts has allowed creators to use video clips from billions of videos on the YouTube platforms, albeit with some rules.
The new...
Is TikTok affecting children’s focus?
Popular social media platform TikTok and other fast-paced video apps could be ruining the attention span of the youth and children with an "endless...
TikTok suspends livestreaming in Russia
The short-video social media platform TikTok has suspended new content and live streaming abilities on its platform in Russia due to the country's new...
TikTok under probe for its effect on kids’ health in US
A coalition of state attorneys general in the US has launched a nationwide investigation into whether TikTok is designing, operating, and promoting its social...
TikTok rival Dubsmash dies quietly
Popular online discussion platform Reddit, which acquired short-form video social platform Dubsmash late last year, has finally shut down the platform.
Dubsmash will not be...
YouTube adds TikTok-style live rings to show when someone is streaming
Google-owned video-streaming giant YouTube is adding a new indicator to show when a channel is live streaming on the platform.
The feature would make it...