Popular social media app, TikTok, has removed over 3.6 million videos posted by Nigerian users between January and March 2025. The company said the videos were taken down for going …
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The US Senate voted to ban the hugely popular TikTok video-sharing app from all government-issued phones and other devices as the Biden administration considers restrictions on the Chinese-owned platform. The …
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The TikTok video platform has been banned on government-issued devices in Texas, adding to a growing list of states that have done the same in the past week amid concern …
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TikTok now being referred to as a Chinese surveillance too by Two Senators in the US is being weighed by Biden’s administration on letting the video sharing app keep operating …
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TikTok to limit livestream hosting to users over 18 years of age
TikTok will limit the capability to host live streams to users over 18 years old, the popular video-sharing app announced in a statement on Monday, 17 October 2022. The change is one …
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TikTok launches free Wi-Fi hotspots in South Africa
Social media platform TikTok has partnered with free public Wi-Fi company Think WiFi to launch 50 new free Wi-Fi hotspots as part of a pilot programme in South Africa. The …
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Ticketmaster, TikTok partner to give users a new way to discover and purchase event tickets
Ticketmaster, a ticket sales and distribution Company, and TikTok are partnering to launch an in-app feature that lets users discover events. With this new partnership, TikTok users will be able …
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Facebook and Instagram competes with TikTok, pushes more content.
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to more than double the amount of recommended content pushed to Facebook and Instagram users by the end of 2023. According to Zuckerberg, recommended …
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TikTok faces lawsuit as girl dies in ‘Blackout Challenge’
Video-sharing sensation TikTok is being sued in California after children died while taking part in a “Blackout Challenge” that makes a sport of choking oneself until passing out. The lawsuit …
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For an entertainment app like TikTok, addiction could just be a mild way of describing the excessive time being spent on the app by some users at the expense of …