Bytedance

• TikTok Hits 1.5 Billion Total Downloads, Driven By Explosive Growth In India (Report)
• TikTok Taps In Social Shopping Tools, Letting (Some) Users Add Buy Links To Bios And Videos

  TikTok users are about to see a lot more “link in bio.”

  
• As Mark Zuckerberg Blasts TikTok, Instagram Is Testing A Copycat Product, ‘Reels’, In Brazil

  Instagram, which successfully pilfered the Snapchat Stories format, is hoping for a similar coup with the highly-edited music video, meme, and challenge video medium proliferating on the platform du jour, TikTok.

  
• Chipotle’s TikTok #Boorito Halloween Campaign With DreaKnowsBest, The Stokes Twins Surpasses 2 Billion Views

  This Halloween, Chipotle got into the spooky spirit with its annual ‘Boorito’ promotion — with a little help from some buzzworthy TikTok stars.

  
• TikTok Integrates Third-Party Editing, Posting Tools Amid Developers Program Launch
• The U.S. Government Is Investigating TikTok Parent Bytedance As A Potential National Security Threat (Report)
• ‘American Music Awards’ Taps Top TikTok Stars To Announce This Year’s Nominees
• TikTok Collaborates With 12 Creators For New ‘You’re In Control’ Online Safety Videos
• Insights: Doing Business In China Vexes Companies That Depend On Creators — And Creators Themselves
• Google’s Looking To Take On TikTok With Acquisition Of Competitor Firework (Report)
• Will Smith Is Now On TikTok
• TikTok Says It No Longer Uses Guidelines That Could Censor Content Criticizing Chinese Government