TikTok comments are getting more interactive with voice comments, polls, and more
With the additions, the app is borrowing features from messaging apps as it looks to deepen engagement on its platform.
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Former TikTok execs built an app that uses AI to teach you how to pose for a photo
Essentially a camera app, Superpose analyzes selfies or photos and generates four potential poses using AI.
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TikTok’s US arm joins Lantern, a cross-platform child safety initiative
Eight months after establishing a U.S.-based joint venture, TikTok is getting on board fellow platforms to support industrywide child safety work.
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TikTok says it’s restored ‘Musk’ documentary advertising account
A four-hour documentary about Elon Musk continues to meet resistance from social media platforms.
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FAST FACTS: What changed in final version of the under-18 social media ban bill?
The Senate-approved bill expands the proposed social media ban to online gaming services, requires government-issued IDs for age verification, and targets addictive platform features
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TikTok rolls out an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout
TikTok describes its new Shopping Assistant as a conversational AI agent designed to help users discover and purchase products.
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New York alleges TikTok gave teens, children a placebo safety feature instead of a real one
New York’s lawsuit against the company is one of more than two dozen cases brought by states accusing the social media giant of designing its platform to encourage addictive use among children.
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TikTok reaches first state settlement in US over teen safety claims, agrees to user limits
Alabama secures $100 million settlement with TikTok, mandating new usage limits and age-verification measures to protect teens, as the state claims the platform endangers youth and misleads consumers about safety
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[Vantage Point] Inside the addictive architecture of the AI microdrama
Microdramas introduce an ingenious twist to the familiar psychology of the infinite scroll: monetize the cliffhanger.
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Senate OKs bill banning those below 18 years old from social media
Senator Risa Hontiveros offers the only ‘no’ vote, suggesting tiered access by age instead
