TikTok
Social media companies in the US brace to battle onslaught of legal challenges
State and federal lawsuits and bills with far-reaching regulatory implications for TikTok, Meta and others come to a head this year
MacKenzie Ryan
31, Jan, 2023 @11:00 AM
£45 for a YouTuber’s energy drink? The age of the scammer is truly dead | Amelia Tait
Post-Fyre Festival, Caroline Calloway and Anna Delvey, being scammed by your idols now has currency, says journalist Amelia Tait
Amelia Tait
31, Jan, 2023 @8:00 AM
‘They filmed me without my consent’: the ugly side of #kindness videos
Some social media users are building a following through ‘feelgood’ videos, in which, for instance, they give flowers to a stranger. The stranger then becomes their clickbait. Is there anything we can do to stop this?
Elle Hunt
31, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM
TikTok CEO to testify before US Congress next month over data privacy
Shou Zi Chew will face legislators amid concerns over the social media app’s alleged collusion with Beijing in accessing user data
Kari Paul
30, Jan, 2023 @10:18 PM
OMG! It’s Jane Austen... the TikTok generation embraces new heroine
Two hundred years on, Austen’s take on the pressures of friendship and love is winning over young readers
David Barnett
29, Jan, 2023 @8:00 AM
TechScape: Is ‘banning’ TikTok protecting users or censorship? It depends who you ask
In this week’s newsletter: American universities and legislators are blocking access to the China-owned app over privacy concerns – but fans say the choice should be theirs
Kari Paul
24, Jan, 2023 @11:45 AM
Could simply calling myself a ‘lucky girl’ like a Gen Z Tik Tokker really transform me into one? | Hannah Ewens
The craze is little more than a rehash of new age manifestation, but January’s bleakness made me desperate enough to give it a go, says author Hannah Ewens
Hannah Ewens
21, Jan, 2023 @8:00 AM
Meet Hugo and Huxley, the ‘pet influencers’ making £100k a year
Boom in advertising trend for creatures to promote everything from cars to collars and ferries to wellies
Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent
20, Jan, 2023 @12:00 PM
The new frontier in the US war on TikTok: university campuses
Experts say banning the app over college networks will not stop students from accessing it over cellular data
Kari Paul
20, Jan, 2023 @11:00 AM
TikTok is overrun by amateur sleuths – so which clues should I leave in case I go missing? | Michael Sun
Everyone from awkward boyfriends to supposedly nefarious fiances are being held to account. The jurors? A million deranged zoomers
Michael Sun
19, Jan, 2023 @1:33 AM
Censorship fears over plan to keep Channel people-smugglers off social media
Charity says government’s move to tackle ‘TikTok traffickers’ could affect ability to highlight plight of refugees
Dan Milmo and Rajeev Syal
18, Jan, 2023 @7:26 PM
TikTok’s Lucky Girl Syndrome isn’t new – and it has a dark side
The tantalising idea that you have the power to shape reality can be pretty toxic – even when it’s not taken to extremes
Alyx Gorman
16, Jan, 2023 @2:00 PM
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