TikTok

• 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

  TikTok says it now stores 100% of U.S. user data on cloud servers operated by Santa Clara, California-based tech company Oracle.

  
• Khaby Lame has the most followers on TikTok. Now he’s getting into NFTs

  Khaby Lame, who is now the most-followed creator on TikTok, has partnered with crypto exchange Binance to debunk myths and mint NFTs.

  
• FCC commissioner says TikTok is an “unacceptable national security risk”

  A TikTok spokesperson told the Washington Post that TikTok would “gladly engage with lawmakers to set the record straight.”

  
• Khaby Lame has passed Charli D’Amelio to become TikTok’s most-followed creator
• TikTok now lets users report deceptive ads aimed at kids
• Jakey Boehm lets his TikTok followers wake him up in the middle of the night. He just made $34,000 in a single month.
• TikTok comedian Jericho Mencke uses subscriptions to fuel his new interview series
• TikTok’s reportedly trying to get back into India
• TikTok is testing a distractionless “clear mode”
• TikTok’s subscriptions are going live on a few accounts soon
• Is TikTok looking to push into gaming?