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• Coca-Cola cries “Happy Tears” with a TikTok-exclusive flavor
• TikTok loses songs from Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Drake amid Universal Music Group dispute

  Songs from Universal Music Group acts like Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift, Drake, and BTS has been muted on TikTok due to a licensing dispute.

  
• TikTok, Meta CEOs take heat from Congress in contentious Capitol Hill hearing on child safety

  Tech CEOs like Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and TikTok's Shou Zi Chew took a grilling from Congress during a Capitol Hill hearing on child safety.

  
• For Black History Month, TikTok is promoting its ecommerce hub by inviting users to #ShopBlack

  TikTok is adding to its Black History Month celebration with links to its ecommerce and advertising businesses and more Visionary Voices.

  
• TikTok reportedly plans to open live shopping studios for creators
• TikTok tells creators it’ll boost their horizontal videos to more viewers (but won’t pay them for additional views)
• TikTok brings film-focused creators to Sundance for some Hollywood hobnobbing
• TikTok is testing a 30-minute maximum length for its uploads
• TikTok adds to January tech layoffs by letting go of 60 employees
• With TikTok’s AI-powered song creation tool, the next big pop hit is at your fingertips
• TikTok is bringing back its Super Bowl “tailgate” with a performance from Gwen Stefani
• A 60-year-old song topped the Billboard charts after appearing in 1.8 million TikToks