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'For You' feeds fail on election night, offering outdated information, angering users | TechCrunch

November 6, 2024 9:21 PM0


“For You” algorithms that promote the most interesting content across a social network, personalized to the individual user, offered a disjointed, outdated, and nearly unusable experience on election night in the U.S. as they highlighted hours-old posts that no longer reflected the current state of the race. Frustrations were particularly high on Threads, Meta’s X […]

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TikTok will now show its STEM feed to adults, not just teens | TechCrunch

October 29, 2024 5:28 PM0


TikTok announced on Wednesday that it’s bringing its STEM feed to all users in the United States, United Kingdom, and Ireland by default. Previously, the feed was only turned on by default for users under the age of 18. The social network says the expansion will make it easier for people to find educational content […]

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The fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor called Loops | TechCrunch

October 26, 2024 12:19 AM0


Similar to how Mastodon offers an open source, distributed version of X, the fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor. This week, an app called Loops began accepting signups on its new platform for sharing short, looping videos. Still in the early stages, Loops is not yet open sourced, nor has it completed its integration […]

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TikTok accounts are becoming divorce fodder | TechCrunch

October 25, 2024 5:38 AM0


When Kat and Mike Stickler divorced, their biggest challenge was dividing a shared TikTok account with millions of followers that generated significant income, and they aren’t alone, reports the WSJ. A growing number of couples — and divorce attorneys — are grappling with how to assess the value of social media accounts when a couple […]

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TikTok’s research reportedly acknowledges negative effects on teens | TechCrunch

October 22, 2024 4:29 AM0


Court documents suggest that TikTok executives are aware of the app’s potential harm to teenagers, according to reporting by NPR and Kentucky Public Radio. Fourteen U.S. attorneys general sued TikTok earlier this week, claiming that the app harms children’s mental health. Much of the material in those suits was redacted, but reporters were able to […]

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Ireland adopts Online Safety Code for video-sharing platforms including TikTok | TechCrunch

October 21, 2024 8:22 PM0


Ireland’s media and internet watchdog, Coimisiún na Meán, has adopted and published an Online Safety Code that will apply to video-sharing platforms headquartered in the country from next month — including the likes of Bytedance’s TikTok, Google-owned YouTube and Meta’s Instagram and Facebook Reels. Under the Code, in-scope platforms are required to have terms and […]

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ByteDance lays off hundreds of TikTok employees in shift to AI content moderation | TechCrunch

October 20, 2024 7:31 PM0


ByteDance’s TikTok is laying off hundreds of employees, mainly in Malaysia, according to Reuters. The cuts come as the social network is increasingly turning to AI for content moderation. The cuts do not impact employees in the U.S. Although TikTok did not provide the exact number, it said that less than 500 people were affected. […]

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On TikTok, pop culture prevails over news and politics | TechCrunch

October 19, 2024 1:57 AM0


TikTok is growing fast as a destination for news, but news and politics accounts make up less than one percent of accounts followed by U.S. adults, the Pew Research Center says. Around half of all TikTok accounts followed by U.S. adults are influencers and creators, the study shows. Plus, content related to news and politics […]

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Fourteen AGs sue TikTok, claiming that it harms children's mental health | TechCrunch

October 19, 2024 12:50 AM0


Fourteen U.S. attorneys general sued TikTok on Tuesday, alleging that the platform negatively impacts minors’ mental health and harvests data without their consent. TikTok, a U.S. company owned by the Chinese conglomerate ByteDance, is embroiled in a number of lawsuits that could threaten its operations. In another recent lawsuit, the FTC and the Justice Department […]

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What’s in the rug? How TikTok got swept into a real-time true crime story | TechCrunch

October 18, 2024 8:10 PM0


A woman in Ohio is being haunted by ghosts. Or maybe she’s not. There’s a dead body buried underneath her house, rolled up inside a rug. Or there’s actually no body at all, despite signals from cadaver dogs. This week’s biggest drama on TikTok tells the story of a woman from Ohio who was building […]

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