TikTok

• TikTok’s U.S. Ad Business Grew 500% In 2020, It Says
• TikTok’s Sale To Oracle, Walmart Indefinitely Shelved, As Biden Administration Conducts Its Own Cybersecurity Review

  TikTok’s proposed sale of its U.S. operations to Oracle and Walmart, which followed an executive order from the Trump administration threatening to ban the service stateside if it did not sell to an American owner, has been shelved indefinitely, reports The Wall Street Journal.

  
• Sway LA Invests In ‘Sillybandz’ Ahead Of Once-Beloved Bracelet Brand’s Relaunch

  Two entities beloved by teens of different eras are joining forces in a new collaboration. Sway LA, the TikTok creator house comprising Noah Beck, Bryce Hall, Griffin Johnson, Blake Gray, and Josh Richards, have tendered an investment in the beloved collectible toy brand Sillybandz.

  
• Lingerie Brand Adore Me Accuses TikTok Of Targeting Videos With BIPOC, Plus-Size, Disabled Models

  “The app's algorithm was openly built with discrimination at its core,” Adore Me tweeted late last week. It went on to comment on TikTok’s history of problematic content moderation, and shared examples of videos that TikTok has removed from its page, including one clip where a Black woman scrolls through a catalog of its products.

  
• TikTok Implements Prompts To Deter Users From Proliferating Misinformation
• TikTok Inks Multi-Faceted Partnership With British Ad And Marketing Giant WPP
• TikTok To Lay Off Most Indian Staffers After Country Makes Ban Permanent (Report)
• Byte, Clash Merge To Take On TikTok
• Italian Data Protection Authority Orders TikTok To Block Underage Users Following Death Of 10-Year-Old Girl
• TikTok Launches ‘Creator Portal’, A Hub For Educational Resources, Best Practices, More
• TikTok Helps Push 17-Year-Old Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” To No. 1 Billboard Debut
• TikTok’s Lil Huddy Signs To Immersive Records, Drops Debut Single “21st Century Vampire”