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• New ‘TikTok For Black Creatives’ Incubator Unveils Inaugural Class Of 100 Creators
• TikTok Locks In Multiyear Partnership With UFC

  As part of the deal, UFC will offer weekly TikTok-exclusive live streams that include pre- and post-fight footage, peeks behind the scenes, “engagement with UFC athletes,” and more, TikTok said in an official blog post.

  
• TikTok’s U.S. Ad Business Grew 500% In 2020, It Says

  
• TikTok’s Sale To Oracle, Walmart Indefinitely Shelved, As Biden Administration Conducts Its Own Cybersecurity Review

  TikTok’s proposed sale of its U.S. operations to Oracle and Walmart, which followed an executive order from the Trump administration threatening to ban the service stateside if it did not sell to an American owner, has been shelved indefinitely, reports The Wall Street Journal.

  
• Sway LA Invests In ‘Sillybandz’ Ahead Of Once-Beloved Bracelet Brand’s Relaunch
• Lingerie Brand Adore Me Accuses TikTok Of Targeting Videos With BIPOC, Plus-Size, Disabled Models
• TikTok Implements Prompts To Deter Users From Proliferating Misinformation
• TikTok Inks Multi-Faceted Partnership With British Ad And Marketing Giant WPP
• TikTok To Lay Off Most Indian Staffers After Country Makes Ban Permanent (Report)
• Byte, Clash Merge To Take On TikTok
• Italian Data Protection Authority Orders TikTok To Block Underage Users Following Death Of 10-Year-Old Girl
• TikTok Launches ‘Creator Portal’, A Hub For Educational Resources, Best Practices, More