TikTok

• Bytedance Confirms It’s Developing A Smartphone, But Says That’s Not Because Of TikTok
• Instagram Hides Likes And Video Views In More Countries To Cut Down On “Pressure” Users Face, While TikTok Tests Adding Another Public Metric

  
• TikTok Is A Mostly Untapped Space For Western Ecommerce — But Chinese Companies Are Using It To Make Millions

  With its billion-plus downloads and steadily-growing user base of more than 500 million, there’s no doubt: TikTok is a thing. And whenever a new social media app becomes a thing, it’s inevitable that brands want to find out how they can utilize it to draw eyeballs to their products.

  
• TikTok Parent Company Bytedance Will Launch Paid Music Streaming Service This Fall (Report)

  With more than one billion downloads and 500 million monthly active users, Chinese company Bytedance’s flagship app TikTok has arguably dominated the shortform video space.

  
• TikTok Hiring “Talent Ambassadors” At 17 Colleges To Help Rake In Older Users
• TikTok To Join Instagram, Snapchat In The Realm Of Geolocation Filters Following GeoGif Acquisition
• Insights: Has All Of “Social Media,” Not Just Facebook, Reached A Pivot Point?
• TikTok Parent Company Bytedance Fined $5.7 Million For Illegally Collecting Personal Information From Users Under 13
• Amid 1 Billion Downloads, TikTok Launches Video Series To Protect Its Young Users
• Indian Lawmakers Considering TikTok Ban, Calling App “Inimical To Law And Order”
• TikTok Is Eyeing Monetization With Ad Tests In The U.S. And Europe
• TikTok Pledges $2 Million In Holiday Giving Alongside Nick Jonas, Peyton List