TikTok

• TikTok just employed a whole bunch of thumbnail designers
• Trump gets on TikTok

  If Trump heads into the 2024 election as the Republican candidate, that's one thing he and Democrat competitor President Joe Biden will have in common: both have railed against TikTok's presence in the U.S., citing national security concerns, and yet still maintain accounts on the app.

  
• 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
• 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.