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I tried the app TikTokers could embrace if a ban becomes reality — I'm not convinced it will attract Gen Zers

Tue, 05/07/2024 - 06:35

Clapper probably isn't the place for Gen Zers unless loads of them sign up en mass.

Matt Cardy/Getty Images, Clapper

culture, Tech, tiktok, clapper, gen-z, Millennials, gen-x

Black creators were instrumental in building TikTok. Now they fear they'll be hit the hardest by a ban.

Wed, 05/01/2024 - 04:59

Young TikTok creator dancing — Black content creators may be most affected if TikTok is banned in the US (stock photo).
Hector Pertuz/Getty Images

culture, Tech, tiktok-ban, black-creators, Influencers, tiktokers, tiktok

What happens if TikTok is sold without the algorithm that drives the 'For You' page? It might not be so bad.

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 05:04

One of the best parts of TikTok could be erased if it gets sold. But maybe that wouldn't be so bad.

Rebecca Zisser/BI

Tech, tiktok-ban, tiktok, Bytedance, threads, algorithms, viral-tiktoks

Legal experts say the TikTok divest-or-ban bill could stand up in court despite being a free-speech disaster

Thu, 04/25/2024 - 09:02

Tech Insider : Politics

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew in Washington, DC on Tuesday February 14, 2023. — TikTok CEO Shou Chew.
Matt McClain/The Washington Post/Getty Images.

Media, politics, Tech, tiktok, Bytedance, Congress, tiktok-ban

Gen Z would rather take a chance on a new app than use 'embarrassing' Instagram if TikTok gets banned

Thu, 04/25/2024 - 06:41

Gen Z social media — If TikTok is banned in the US, young people will need somewhere else to go.
Xavier Lorenzo/Getty Images

culture, Media, gen-z, Instagram, tiktok, tiktok-ban, social-media

TikTok's CEO is feeling the pressure and users are freaking out

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 16:32

TikTok CEO Shou Chew — Shou Chew spoke directly to TIkTok users in a Wednesday clip.
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Tech, tiktok, shou-zi-chew, tiktok-ban, us-senate-lawmakers, joe-biden, Bytedance

Is the US really closer to banning TikTok? Yes. And, also: No.

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 11:15

Tech Insider : Politics, Politics

tiktok app being deleted — TikTok is one step closer to being banned after the US Senate passed a bill that contains a measure to force its owners to sell. President Joe Biden signed the bill.
Chelsea Jia Feng/BI

Tech, politics, tiktok, Bytedance, China, politics, national-security

These 18 senators voted against Ukraine and Israel aid

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 21:58

Tech Insider : Politics

Republican Sen. JD Vance and Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders — Sens. JD Vance and Bernie Sanders both voted against the foreign aid bill, but for very different reasons.
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

politics, News, Congress, Israel, israel-aid, ukraine-aid, Ukraine

Senate passes bill that could ban TikTok in the US

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 21:44

Tech Insider : Politics

Tyler Le/Business Insider

politics, tiktok, tiktok-ban, Congress, 2024-elections

TikTok influencers fear their careers will be destroyed and their work 'deleted forever' as a US ban looms

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 06:41

TikToker dancing in front of phone — There are 170 million Americans on TikTok, and they're stressed about a potential ban.
David Espejo/Getty Images

Media, Law, tiktok, tiktok-ban, tiktokers, Influencers, Careers

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