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• Two-thirds of consumers go to TikTok Shop to discover new products and brands
• TikTok assembles global roster of Creator Correspondents for 2026 FIFA World Cup

  
• TikTok has the cure for your wanderlust: A vacation booked from the For You Page

  TikTok Go is a new travel hub that lets users book hotels, flights, and other vacation essentials inspired by the videos they watch.

  
• Social media has political divides, but some feeds are more polarized than others

  A study published in the journal Nature found that Republican social feeds featured less negative content than Democrat feeds.

  
• TikTok adds to out-of-home push by letting brands “reformat and reimagine” ads for billboards
• Thanks to age verification tech, TikTok is going for a booze cruise
• Visa’s U.K. “creator card” aims to combat cashflow issues while upping TikTok Live payouts
• TikTok is turning ByteDance’s AI video generator into a brand’s best friend
• College is a great place to be a creator, so Gen Z is chasing scholarships on TikTok
• Hoorae returns to Issa Rae’s web series roots with “Screen Time” microdrama
• Is TikTok trying to leverage #FinTok success to become an accredited lender?
• Many leaders have banned TikTok on government devices. Zohran Mamdani is moving NYC in the other direction.