Tag: TikTok (ByteDance)

Auburn Banned TikTok, and Students Can’t Stop Talking About It

One former sorority sister at Auburn, for example, “did a new TikTok…

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A Stranger Filmed Her on the Train. TikTok Users Decided She Had Monkeypox.

Lilly Simon, a 33-year-old in Brooklyn, does not have monkeypox. She does…

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Instagram rolls back some product changes after user backlash.

Instagram said on Thursday that it was rolling back several recent updates…

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Instagram, Facing Criticism From Kylie Jenner and Others, Tries Explaining Itself

Instagram versus the Great Celebrity Gang-Up?The photo-sharing app, which is owned by…

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Meta tweaks Facebook app to act more like TikTok.

For most of Facebook’s history, its executives have executed a tried-and-true playbook:…

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Can’t Talk, I’m Busy Being Hot

Edwyna Estime was wearing a heavy, shapeless graduation gown. It was the…

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Beach Bunny Is Building an Indie-Rock Career in a Time of TikTok

One morning last August, Lili Trifilio was feeling emotional.“I’m honestly so nervous,”…

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Parents Sue TikTok, Saying Children Died After Viewing ‘Blackout Challenge’

“Elementary-school-aged children do not have the knowledge or the insight to realize…

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Lawmakers Ask F.T.C. Chair to Investigate TikTok’s Data Practices

The leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee asked the Federal Trade Commission…

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