Big tech is finally taking child safety seriously, but TikTok and YouTube are lagging behind

Snap, Meta, and Roblox have agreed to introduce new anti-grooming measures after Ofcom’s public call for action, but TikTok and YouTube still have a lot of explaining to do.

Snap, YouTube, and TikTok settle suit over harm to students
Snap, YouTube, and TikTok settle suit over harm to students

Snap, YouTube, and TikTok have settled the first lawsuit of its kind, alleging that social media addiction has cost public schools massive amounts of money, according to Bloomberg. The suit, filed by the Breathitt County School District in Kentucky, claims that social media has disrupted learning and created a mental health crisis, straining budgets. The […]

TikTok asks Europe’s top court to scrap its gatekeeper status
TikTok asks Europe’s top court to scrap its gatekeeper status

The Grand Chamber of the CJEU heard ByteDance’s appeal in Case C-627/24 P on Tuesday, the first DMA gatekeeper challenge to reach the bloc’s highest court. ByteDance’s TikTok went before the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union o…

TikTok now wants to be the place you book the trip you just saw on TikTok

TikTok is systematically converting its discovery engine into a transaction layer, which both deepens user retention and opens entirely new revenue streams for its new owners.

TikTok is going ad-free in the UK — if you pay £3.99 a month for it

TikTok is launched an ad-free service is in the UK, but would you pay £3.99 for it?

TikTok is going ad-free. At a monthly fee, of course.

TikTok has launched TikTok Ad-Free in the UK, a £3.99 monthly subscription that removes ads from your feed and stops your data being used for advertising.

TikTok launches an ad-free subscription plan in the UK

Users who sign up for the plan won’t see ads on TikTok, and their data won’t be used for advertising purposes.

TikTok is letting UK users pay to remove ads
TikTok is letting UK users pay to remove ads

TikTok is preparing to roll out a paid, ad-free version of its app in the UK. The new subscription announced today will be available to users over 18 “over the coming months,” according to TikTok’s announcement and will cost £3.99 (about $5.40) per month. In exchange for that, TikTok will remove ads from the user’s […]

Thailand approves $29bn in projects, with TikTok’s ₿842bn data-centre expansion alone worth $25bn
Thailand approves $29bn in projects, with TikTok’s ₿842bn data-centre expansion alone worth $25bn

Bangkok’s Board of Investment cleared six major investments on Wednesday. Three of them are data centres. The headline is the TikTok number, but the larger story is what Thailand is becoming inside the regional AI infrastructure trade. Thailand’s Board…