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Meta bans TikTok and ByteDance ads across its platforms
As rivalry between social media giants heats up, Meta has banned ads from TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance in the US and several other countries.
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New York alleges TikTok provided teens with placebo safety features
New York has filed a lawsuit against TikTok, accusing the platform of designing features that encourage addictive use among children.
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TikTok agrees to pay at least $100M in Alabama settlement
The platform will pay the settlement tied to allegations that the short-form video app misled users about safety and was designed to addict children.
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TikTok reaches $400M settlement over children’s privacy lawsuit
Two years after the U.S. Department of Justice alleged that TikTok violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, it has reached a settlement.
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Senators demand answers from TikTok over experiment that disabled safeguards
US lawmakers are pressing TikTok for explanations after the company disabled key safety safeguards in an experiment to test user engagement.
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TikTok Code Reveals Peer-to-Peer Payments via Messaging, Bloomberg Reports
According to Bloomberg, TikTok's code includes features for peer-to-peer payments directly through the app's messaging system.
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TikTok explores peer-to-peer payments via direct messages, report says
The popular social media platform is reportedly working on enabling direct money transfers between users within chats.