TikTok

• TikTok and YouTube are Gen Z’s trusted sources for financial advice, according to a new survey
• More and more people are turning to TikTok for news

  
• TikTok’s security chief is stepping back

  Kim Abarella, TikTok’s head of security risk and vendor and client assurance, will serve as its interim head of security.

  
• Kids are spending 91 minutes a day on TikTok–and 56 minutes on YouTube

  Kids have been spending more time on TikTok than YouTube since 2020.

  
• TikTok isn’t just challenging YouTube for views. It’s impacting Google search traffic, too.
• ‘Follow Me’ program will “empower more small businesses to dive into TikTok”
• Here’s how much TikTok paid the entire music industry in 2021 (Report)
• TikTok’s letting some users keep minors from seeing their livestreams
• TikTok Shop struggled to catch on in the U.K. Now Bytedance is dialing back its e-commerce plans.
• TikTok head talks ‘Project Texas’ in response to rising data security concerns
• Khaby Lame has the most followers on TikTok. Now he’s getting into NFTs
• FCC commissioner says TikTok is an “unacceptable national security risk”