According to Cloudflare Radar, TikTok has surpassed Google as the world's most popular domain. Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple round out the top five. Continue Reading →
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In partnership with Shopify, TikTok is adding in-app shopping. What does that have to do with tapping on Jennifer Aniston's sweater? Continue Reading →
President Biden has issued Executive Order on Protecting Americans’ Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries, rescinding the previous administration's Executive Orders, which banned TikTok, WeChat, and other Chinese apps including Alipay, CamScanner, QQ Wallet, SHAREit, Tencent QQ, VMate, WeChat Pay, and WPS Office. Continue Reading →
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Google is testing a new mobile feature that will show Instagram and TikTok videos as search results. Continue Reading →
Earlier this month, a second federal judge blocked the Trump administration's efforts to ban TikTok. On Monday, the Department of Justice appealed the injunction, citing national security concerns and arguing that the video-sharing app could supply personal data from TikTok's 100 million U.S. users to the Chinese government. Continue Reading →
On August 6, 2020, the president of the United States signed two virtually identical executive orders banning the use of both TikTok and WeChat. TikTok will survive due to a partnership deal with Oracle that, at this writing, the president has approved. But, unless a federal judge issues a stay, by the time you read this WeChat will be officially banned. Continue Reading →
The President has signed an executive order requiring TikTok to be sold by November 14, 2020. Will it be sold or banned? Shelly Palmer talks about it with Kerry Drew and Bianca Peters on Fox 5's Good Day New York. Original Airdate: August 11, 2020 Continue Reading →
The US Government is looking into banning TikTok. Will it happen? Shelly Palmer talks with with Kerry Drew and Bianca Peters about social media addiction, data privacy and how the Chinese government is involved on Fox 5's Good Day New York. Original airdate: July 14, 2020 Continue Reading →
Learning from her friends that TikTok view counts were all zeros, and thinking that this was a signal that TikTok was about to be banned, my friend's 12-year-old daughter ran up to her mom and excitedly said, "OMG! Will things go back to normal now?" Continue Reading →