If President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign joined TikTok as part of a desperate strategy to appeal to the youth, it might want to rethink that strategy now. The president’s campaign started posting on the Chinese-owned social media app this week despite the fact that Biden signed legislation in December 2022 banning federal workers from downloading […]
RICHMOND, Va. — A GOP legislative effort to prevent Virginia children from using the popular video-sharing app TikTok – an idea backed by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin – died this week in the Democratic-controlled Legislature. The bill, sponsored by Republican Del. Jay Leftwich of Chesapeake, was left in a House of Delegates committee after concerns […]
Is there nothing TikTok can’t do? Most of us are probably familiar with the typical uses of the app. You can watch crazy dances and Tide Pod challenges. You can learn the locations of conservatives or Jews you’d like to dox. Or you can just open up your own data to be consumed by the […]
The blatant hypocrisy of the Biden White House might no longer come as a surprise to most people, but the newest course reversal by President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign might be one of the worst instances of that hypocrisy. His campaign has decided to try to woo younger voters by joining and campaigning from TikTok, […]
President Biden used the Super Bowl to join TikTok and lean into MAGA-world conspiracy theories about Taylor Swift and possible support for his campaign, in a social media push that caters to the youth vote. The Biden campaign’s first post on TikTok, which has a Chinese parent company, is captioned “lol hey guys” and features […]
If you’re an NFL fan who is sick to death of Taylor Swift coverage… maybe it’s time to hop on TikTok? Just kidding, nobody should use TikTok — especially not longshot presidential candidates — but if you’re already on the ubiquitous social media platform, you may notice a stark lack of Taylor Swift music on […]
Sure, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s famous relatives may have disowned the independent presidential candidate, but certain familial tendencies run deep — or at least they do on the activist’s TikTok account. Yes, it seems the nephew of both our most notoriously philandering president and a senator credited with the incident that led to the creation […]
Music from Taylor Swift, Drake and other Universal Music Group artists will be removed from TikTok at midnight Wednesday after a disagreement over royalty payments. The contract with TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, lets creators use UMG’s music in the app’s videos. In a Tuesday statement, UMG said it won’t seek to renew the pact and […]
Sexual predators. Addictive features. Self-harm and eating disorders. Unrealistic beauty standards. Bullying. These are just some of the issues young people are dealing with on social media – and children’s advocates and lawmakers say companies are not doing enough to protect them. On Wednesday, the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X and other social media companies […]
Universal Music Group, which represents artists including Taylor Swift, Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, says that it will no longer allow its music on TikTok now that a licensing deal between the two parties has expired. UMG said that it had not agreed to terms of a new deal with TikTok, and plans […]
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