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• TikTok Shop’s luxury goods glow-up is happening on live streams
• Meta’s ads asked TikTok to follow its lead on safety. TikTok rejected them.

  Meta wants other social media platforms to join its settlement. TikTok, however, has other ideas regarding trust and safety.

  
• TikTok has new ways to comment (that make it feel more like Instagram)

  TikTok has added several new ways to comment, including community polls, photo carousels, and "Live Photo Comments".

  
• TikTok is bringing the battle for sports fan attention back to the NFL gridiron

  TikTok is expanding its partnership with the NFL ahead of the 2026 season, with the league integrated into various in-app products.

  
• The internet is waxing nostalgic, so TikTok’s song of the summer is a blast from the past
• Will they or won’t they? The Chicago Cubs’ TikTok rom-com could be a punchline or a sign of the times.
• Korean exports will become a $30 billion industry on TikTok by 2030. Welcome to “K-culture 4.0.”
• What’s hot on TikTok LIVE? You can find out through a new newsletter.
• Australia tried to keep kids off social media. Its ban has had the opposite effect.
• New details emerge regarding TikTok’s rumored plan to support direct payments
• Under pressure from Hollywood, TikTok agrees to “maintain strong guardrails” for AI content
• As YouTube airs Eurovision, TikTok brings back in-house music contest