TikTok

• New details emerge regarding TikTok’s rumored plan to support direct payments
• As YouTube airs Eurovision, TikTok brings back in-house music contest

  After launching its global music competition in 2025, TikTok LIVE is bringing back its Music On Stage event.

  
• TikTok’s return to U.S. government devices represents easing tensions

  The Department of Justice said that the U.S. version of TikTok is now allowed to be downloaded onto government devices.

  
• TikTok’s plan to break into sports involves slam dunks and right hooks

  TikTok's upcoming sports plans include an Amanda Serrano fight promoted by Jake Paul as well as NBA and WNBA highlights.

  
• TikTok’s new ad product helps brands distribute and scale their microdramas
• On your marks: TikTok, Strava establish six-digit fund for running creators
• Creators love collectibles, so TikTok is launching World Cup trading cards
• With a live stream of the Pope’s Sagrada Familia visit, TikTok becomes part of history
• TikTok assembles global roster of Creator Correspondents for 2026 FIFA World Cup
• TikTok has the cure for your wanderlust: A vacation booked from the For You Page
• TikTok adds to out-of-home push by letting brands “reformat and reimagine” ads for billboards
• Visa’s U.K. “creator card” aims to combat cashflow issues while upping TikTok Live payouts