Ravie LakshmananAug 22, 2026Privacy / Regulation The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced on Friday that ByteDance-owned TikTok will pay […]
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‘TikTok may be used on government devices’: Trump administration removes TikTok ban on government phones, so employees are now free to doomscroll once again
The Trump administration has lifted the TikTok ban for federal devices The app was banned from being installed by government […]
TikTok says AI-generated spam ‘crowds out original creators’ — so it’s teaching users how to spot AI
(Image credit: Shutterstock / Good Ideas) TikTok is releasing a new tool to help users identify AI spam It says […]
TikTok is going ad-free in the UK — if you pay £3.99 a month for it
Ad-free TikTok subscription is coming to the UK It’ll cost you £3.99 per month It’s rolling out now and should […]
‘Completely off the rails’: TikTok is scaling back its AI summaries feature after it creates bizarre and inaccurate captions — as if TikTok wasn’t bad enough for misinformation already
TikTok users have been seeing AI summaries with multiple errors (Image credit: Ka Han / Shutterstock) TikTok has been testing […]
Apple users in the US can no longer download ByteDance’s Chinese apps
In recent years, however, Apple has been developing more sophisticated mechanisms to identify where an App Store user is physically […]
EU says TikTok needs to drop “addictive design”
TikTok said: “The Commission’s preliminary findings present a categorically false and entirely meritless depiction of our platform, and we will […]
TikTok is suppressing ‘content critical of President Trump’ in the US, California governor claims – as investigation looks into whether it ‘violates’ state law
(Image credit: Future) TikTok appears to be censoring all anti-Trump and anti-ICE content, California Governor Gavin Newsom claims Newsom’s press […]
TikTok users “absolutely justified” for fearing MAGA makeover, experts say
Spectacular coincidence or obvious censorship? TikTok’s tech issues abound as censorship fears drive users to delete app. Credit: Aurich Lawson […]