TikTok is now tagging dangerous ‘self-driving’ videos — but it’s not enough

Videos of “driverless” Teslas have sadly become a “thing” on social media. But at least TikTok seems to be trying to offer some kind of “protection” to its users by tagging Autopilot videos with the following statement: The actions in this video could result in serious injury or adverse health effects. Check it out in the tweet bellow. TikTok showing that it cares more about human life than Elon Musk by now tagging Autopilot videos with a statement that serious injury is possible by taking actions shown in the video....

2 min · 382 words · Vincent Daniels

TikTok owner ByteDance is reportedly aiming for a Hong Kong IPO next year

ByteDance is aiming to list the company on the Hong Kong stock exchange early next year. The firm’s ambition of going public comes at a time when the Chinese government is trying to regulate big tech more than ever withmultiple companies canceling their IPOs. According to a report fromFinancial Times, the TikTok-owner is planning to go public on the HK stock exchange later this year or early next year. In July, Wall Street Journal noted that the company hadshelved its plans for an IPO for now....

2 min · 291 words · Steven Howard

TikTok partners with blockchain startup — and this could be good news for creators

On August 17,TikTok announcedit will partner with Audius, a streaming music platform, to manage its expansive internal audio library. Audius was not the obvious choice for partnering with the short video giant. A digital music streaming startup founded in 2018, it isn’t one of the major streaming services such as Apple Music or Spotify. And, even more unusual, Audius is one of the first and only streaming platforms run on blockchain....

5 min · 864 words · Richard Gilmore

TikTok’s algorithm is helping ‘psychics’ exploit Gabby Petito’s death

Opportunistic, predatory human beings claiming to be ‘psychics’ have taken their scams to TikTok in order to exploit the tragic murder of Gabby Petito. And the algorithm’s giving them a boost. File under:Absolutely disgusting. Up front:22-year old Gabby Petito, a travel influencer, recently went missing. Their case reached the public spotlight due to scrutiny over another person’s involvement and is currently an ongoing homicide investigation. As is usually the case in high-profile homicide investigations, so-called ‘psychics’ have come out of the woodwork to try and capitalize on human trauma and make a few bucks peddling their millennia-old scam....

3 min · 539 words · Amanda Davis

TikTok’s CEO takes shots at Zuckerberg as it aims to continue to survive in the US

TikTok’s CEO takes shots at Zuckerberg as it aims to continue to survive in the US The Zuckerberg fight One person that might enjoy the demise of TikTok is Mark Zuckerberg. The Facebook CEO has left no stone unturned to take potshots at the short video app and simultaneously building rival products. [Read:Congress fumbles through antitrust hearing with big tech CEOs] In an internal meeting, Zuckerberg discussedplans to beat TikTokwhich involved an experimental product called Lasso....

3 min · 556 words · Daniel Jones
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