TikTok’s new ‘Campus Hub’ features college group chats and feeds

The new hub features dedicated college group chats and personalized feeds designed to help students stay connected with their campus communities, even while they’re away for the summer.

It’s primetime for conspiracy theorist video creators
It’s primetime for conspiracy theorist video creators

In the days since this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner was cut short when shots were fired at the event, there has been a boom of conspiracy theory videos created by people who insist that the entire situation was a false flag operation. These kinds of theories are nothing new, but the way they’re spreading […]

TikTok is making Americans want Chinese EVs they cannot buy, and tariffs were not designed for this
TikTok is making Americans want Chinese EVs they cannot buy, and tariffs were not designed for this

The United States imposed 100% tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles to keep them out of the American market. TikTok and YouTube are making that strategy irrelevant. A survey of 9,000 potential EV buyers by AlixPartners found that 58% had seen Chinese E…

Everything we like is a psyop

If culture is shaped by TikTok’s algorithmic feed, then it’s time for us to decide where we draw the line between necessary marketing and inauthentic growth hacking.

The Iranian Lego AI video creators credit their virality to ‘heart’
The Iranian Lego AI video creators credit their virality to ‘heart’

Donald Trump has spun the recent rescue of a downed airman whose fighter jet was destroyed behind Iranian borders as a resounding success. But the story is very different in one of the many viral, AI-generated Lego videos that have been produced by Iranian content creation group Explosive Media in the weeks since the US […]

TikTok is spending €1B on a second Finnish data centre
TikTok is spending €1B on a second Finnish data centre

The new facility in Lahti is part of TikTok’s €12 billion Project Clover data sovereignty push for European users. Finland’s defence ministry approved the first data centre investment in 2024 without informing elected politicians. A former minister pub…

Your favorite apps might be watching you — the FBI’s warning isn’t as obvious as it sounds

No, this isn’t a dramatic breakup speech asking you to uninstall every app and go live off the grid.

Cameo partners with TikTok to boost popularity

Cameo launched a new TikTok integration that allows U.S. creators to offer personalized videos through the app.

Australia says Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube are not complying with its child social media ban. Court action may follow.
Australia says Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube are not complying with its child social media ban. Court action may follow.

Three months after Australia became the first country in the world to ban children under 16 from holding social media accounts, its online safety regulator says the platforms are not doing enough to make the ban work. eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman G…