TikTok
TikTok Termination?
A recent US congressional vote means that TikTok and its parent company’s alleged ties with the Chinese Communist Party must be severed within six months or the popular TikTok app must be sold, thereby banning it in the US. The Vote The unanimous Energy and Commerce Committee vote (50-0) in favour of forcing TikTok’s…
Read More€345m Children’s Data Privacy Fine For TikTok
Video-focused social media platform TikTok has been fined €345m by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) over the privacy of child users. The Processing of Personal Data The fine, as well as a reprimand (and an order requiring them to bring its data processing into compliance within three months) were issued in relation to how the…
Read MoreTik Top Tops News Source For Young Adults
With the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2023 showing TikTok now being the source of news for 20 per cent of 18–24-year-olds at the expense of news websites and apps, we look at where most people now get their news from and the reasons why. The Report The Reuters Institute report is based on the…
Read MoreTikTok Fined £12.7m By UK Data Watchdog
Embattled Chinese owned short-video-sharing platform TikTok has received a £12.7m fine from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for breaching UK data protection law by failing to protect children’s privacy when using the TikTok platform. Notice Of Intent Issued Last Year The ICO issued TikTok Inc and TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited (‘TikTok’) with the ‘notice of…
Read MoreDealing With Social Media Addiction
With TikTok announcing new features for teens and families, including a 60-minute daily screen time limit, we look at the issue of social media addiction and ideas for tackling it. TikTok Time Limit (Short) video sharing app TikTok has just announced that every account belonging to a user below age 18 will automatically be set…
Read MoreTikTok Trouble?
Following the banning of Chinese short video sharing app TikTok from EU and US government devices, plus more trouble on the way in Canada, we look at some of the reasons why. Banned From EU Government Devices The European Commission recently decided to ban the TikTok app from staff phones (work and personal devices). EC…
Read MoreTikTok Tragedies
Following a BBC report which suggested that TikTok was making money from families in Syrian camps begging for donations on its platform, we take a closer look at what’s happened and what’s being done about it. The Report The much publicised, recent BBC report followed 30 TikTok accounts broadcasting live from Syrian camps for people…
Read MoreTikTok More Popular Than Google
Cloudflare’s Radar, which monitors Web traffic, has revealed that TikTok has now overtaken Google to become the world’s most popular online destination. TikTok Cloudflare has reported that back in 2020, the google.com domain was the undefeated leader in its ranking and was top from September to December, whereas TikTok.com was only ranked #7 or #8.…
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