Lemon8, CapCut, and Gauth are among the other victims of the US ban on ByteDance-owned apps.
Source https://www.wired.com/story/bytedance-tiktok-ban-lemon8-capcut-gauthai-app-stores/
TikTok, Social Media, content moderation, ByteDance, China
TikTok is now unavailable in the United States—and getting around the ban isn’t as simple as using a VPN. Here’s what you need to know.
Source https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-around-the-us-tiktok-ban/
privacy, Apps, Social Media, security, TikTok, China, national security
After President Biden declined to reassure Apple, Google, and Oracle that they wouldn’t be fined for giving Americans access to TikTok, the app’s hopes now hang on president-elect Trump.
Source https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-ban-officially-in-effect/
TikTok, Donald Trump, apple, Google, app stores, China, Joe Biden
“Without doubt, the remedy Congress and the President chose here is dramatic,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in a concurring opinion. “Whether this law will succeed in achieving its ends, I do not know.”
Source https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-ban-supreme-court/
TikTok, Social Media, U.S. Supreme Court, Joe Biden, Donald Trump
Want to download a backup of your TikTok videos before the US ban? Try following these simple steps.
Source https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-download-your-tiktok-videos/
TikTok, how-to, Apps, Social Media, ByteDance
Job listings posted in China this week indicate that Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, is struggling to handle an influx of new users joining the platform from TikTok.
Source https://www.wired.com/story/xiaohongshu-english-moderators-red-note/
TikTok, China, Social Media, content moderation, Apps, Policy
A marketing campaign brief obtained by WIRED reveals how the Chinese app is trying to capitalize on its sudden international popularity.
Source https://www.wired.com/story/rednote-is-asking-american-influencers-to-promote-its-app/
China, TikTok, Apps, influencer, Chinese, tech policy
At parties throughout Washington over the long Inauguration weekend, creators and strategists who take credit for Donald Trump’s victory toasted their success on the dimes of TikTok, Google, and Spotify.
Source https://www.wired.com/story/maga-influencers-inauguration-victory-lap/
elections, Donald Trump, influencer, TikTok, 2024 election, podcasts, Social Media
Less than 24 hours after the app went dark, TikTok says President-elect Donald Trump has given it the reassurance it needs to resume service in the US.
Source https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-is-back/
TikTok, Donald Trump, tech policy, Joe Biden, China, First Amendment, politics
Chronically online millennials turning memes into costumes used to be all the rage. Now, the TikTok generation has a new challenge to bring back some old classics.
Source https://www.wired.com/story/hear-me-out-meme-halloween-costumes-are-so-last-decade/
The Monitor, TikTok, memes, Halloween, Movies
