TikTok

• Trump gets on TikTok
• Between 30% and 50% of videos TikTok shows users are based on what it’s learned about their interests (Study)

  Researchers including Karan Vombatkere at Boston University and Franziska Roesner at the University of Washington examined data donated by TikTok users who were able to download it thanks to the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

  
• TikTok monetization changes: Creativity Program gets a new name and “some improvements,” subscriptions expanding to VOD creators

  
• TikTok says it’s the No. 1 platform for discovering new mobile games

  TikTok says it's the #1 platform where gamers between the ages of 18 and 24 find new mobile games to play.

  
• The Biden campaign is on TikTok
• TikTok reportedly plans to open live shopping studios for creators
• TikTok tells creators it’ll boost their horizontal videos to more viewers (but won’t pay them for additional views)
• TikTok’s first concert was its biggest livestream yet
• Creators who upload long-form content to TikTok are growing 5x faster than those who don’t
• TikTok users walk out after creator it promoted is convicted of rape
• TikTok’s $1 billion creator fund is shutting down. Here’s how creators are getting paid from now on.
• TikTok fined $367 million for alleged child data privacy issues