Day: August 31, 2020

Beijing ratchets up TikTok tension  Fortune Source: tiktok

Earlier this week, TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigned after only three months in the job, driven to departure by the political storm that ensued after President Trump had ordered the ByteDance-owned social video app to sell its U.S. assets or shut down on American shores. Although a three-month stretch is […]

When Cornell University closed its campus in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, like many students, junior Jeremy Scheck left Ithaca to live at home in Washington, DC. But what might have been a tedious few months in quarantine blossomed into a thriving TikTok account — now sitting comfortably at […]

A Grand Prairie man has gone from parking cars at a Dallas hotel to making a music video with Lil Jon and Flo Rida. “It’s like a dream come true,” Nate Ontiveros said. “I’m just so lucky and happy and blessed to have this opportunity.” Ontiveros’ story starts more than […]

Dangerous ‘Benadryl Challenge’ on TikTok blamed for death of Oklahoma teen by: Cassandra Sweetman (KFOR) and Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Aug 31, 2020 / 12:28 AM HST / Updated: Aug 28, 2020 / 06:51 PM HST OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The latest dangerous social media challenge has resulted in the […]

Walmart may be the world’s largest retailer, but it has mostly failed in its efforts to break Amazon’s online dominance. Could TikTok be the answer? As the Trump administration tries to force a sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations, the only confirmed suitors to buy the fast-growing video app are Walmart […]

The poll published Monday, which surveyed 1,349 adult respondents across the United States, found that 40% backed Trump’s recent executive order forcing China’s ByteDance to sell its TikTok operations in the United States by Sept. 15. Thirty percent of the respondents said they opposed the move, while another 30% said […]

If Microsoft and Walmart end up buying the popular China-owned video app Tik Tok, users can thank, among others, a concerned relative of South Carolina’s senior U.S. senator. In an interview last week with Vanity Fair, Sen. Lindsey Graham took credit for helping to broker the prospective deal. He said the ball […]

When you open TikTok for the very first time, your For You page is essentially the popular kids’ table in the cafeteria. Charli D’Amelio and Emma Chamberlain are doing hand dances, Addison Rae is lip syncing, and Gabrielle Alexis is glowing up. But the more time you spend on the […]

Asian TikTok stars worry for app’s future  Deutsche Welle Source: tiktok