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U.S. Government Stops Advertising on TikTok Following Ban Concerns

June 12, 2023

The U.S. government is halting some of its advertising campaigns on TikTok amid further ban scrutiny. According to the report, an interim rule by the Department of Defense, NASA, and the General Services Adm... Read More...

WhatsApp Launches ‘Channels’ for Private, One-Way Broadcasts

Ashley King

June 11, 2023

WhatsApp is adding a new feature called Channels, giving people and organizations a way to send updates. "We're building Channels in a new tab called Updates—where you'll find Status and channels you choose ... Read More...

Twitch musician banned for streaming own music

Twitch Chaos Continues as Musician Banned For Streaming His Own Music

Ashley King

June 9, 2023

Chaos at Twitch continues as the platform has banned CardboardCowboy. The only problem? He streams his own music on his channel exclusively. Prominent creators are already calling for other creators to join... Read More...

Former ByteDance Exec Reveals CCP Had ‘Superuser’ Access to American Data

Ashley King

June 9, 2023

A former ByteDance executive has declared in a legal filing that members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held 'superuser' permission to access American data on TikTok. Here's the latest. Yintao Yu serv... Read More...

Twitch in Tailspin, Walking Back Restrictions As Users Revolt Over Changes

Ashley King

June 8, 2023

On Tuesday, Twitch released new advertising restrictions for its platform. On Wednesday night, the platform began walking those rules back as the community revolted. Or did it? The new platform rules would p... Read More...

Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Ticketmaster

TikTok Faces Renewed Congressional Scrutiny Following Data Storage Reports: ‘We Are Disturbed By TikTok’s Pattern of Misleading or Inaccurate Responses’

Dylan Smith

June 8, 2023

Following troubling reports about the alleged storage of TikTok creators’ sensitive financial information in China, U.S. senators from both sides of the aisle are calling out the video-sharing app’s alleged “... Read More...

TikTok Loosening Its Paywall and Access to 20-Minute Videos

Ashley King

June 6, 2023

TikTok is loosening its paywall and access to 20-minute videos with its Series functionality, initially open only to select creators. Users can charge money for access to exclusive content. TikTok is expandi... Read More...

TikTok Celebrates 10 Years with BTS with Special Hashtag

Ashley King

June 4, 2023

TikTok is celebrating ten years of BTS with a special hashtag promotion, #10yrsWithBTS. Here's the latest. The K-pop group has broken several BTS records since joining the social media platform in 2019. They... Read More...

China ByteDance TikTok backdoor lawsuit alleges CCP had access to U.S. user data

TikTok Has Stored Creators’ ‘Sensitive Financial Data’ — Including Social Security Numbers — in China, Report Says

Dylan Smith

June 2, 2023

Last year, Beijing-headquartered ByteDance acknowledged that its employees had improperly accessed TikTok user data. Now, as the app continues to grapple with regulatory scrutiny in the U.S. and abroad, a rep... Read More...

TikTok Confirms Testing AI Chatbot ‘Tako’ in the Philippines

Ashley King

May 26, 2023

TikTok confirms testing its own AI chatbot, 'Tako,' currently in limited testing with select users in the Philippines. Artificially intelligent chatbots like ChatGPT are en vogue right now, so it's no su... Read More...

Twitch Turbo raises prices for ad-free viewing

Twitch Bumps Price of Ad-Free Viewing Subscription — Is Spotify Next?

Ashley King

May 26, 2023

The monthly price for ad-free viewing on Twitch is about to go up. Twitch Turbo is jumping from $8.99 to $11.99 in the United States. The price increase isn't limited to the U.S. though, with prices going u... Read More...

YouTube Stories Get the Axe Next Week, Shorts Stay in Focus

Ashley King

May 26, 2023

YouTube is swinging the axe on Stories, killing the temporary posts it 'borrowed' from Snapchat. Instead, it will focus on Shorts, the format it 'borrowed' from TikTok. "Today, there are many ways to create ... Read More...

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