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MILAN :Italy's antitrust authority said on Tuesday it had opened an investigation into the Chinese-owned app TikTok as it allegedly breaches its rules by allowing the publication of "dangerous content" inciting suicide, self-harm and poor nutrition. The probe involves TikTok's Irish unit, which is responsible for its European customers relations,…

With the threat of a full ban of the app looming, TikTok is working to assure advertisers that everything will be okay, while it’s also rallying support from high-profile users, in an attempt to sway influential opinions, and hopefully win a stay of execution in the US. According to a…

ByteDance CEO Liang Rubo said the company’s lead advantage in its main content offerings — including Douyin, TikTok, and Jinri Toutiao — has diminished over the past year or two during an internal meeting held on March 16 to celebrate ByteDance’s 11th anniversary. Douyin CEO Kelly Zhang, TikTok CEO Shou…

A Nigerian lady residing in the United Kingdom has declared her intention to return home to search for a suitable husband. The young woman with username, @queenpepiana lamented about the unavailability of suitors abroad in a video she posted on her TikTok handle. She said that she wants a man…

TikTok Cosplay 20 This is it! Our 20th TikTok cosplay feature. We started showcasing TikTok cosplays back in 2021 and they’ve since become one of our most popular features – and for good reason! We get to see our favourite, iconic characters brought to life by incredibly talented cosplayers. This…

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags as consumer spending last year dropped for the first time by 2% to $167 billion,…

The Biden administration has recently ramped up pressure on TikTok over national security concerns stemming from its ties to China, and apparently the Justice Department and the FBI are also applying pressure of their own. Forbes first reported that the agencies are actively investigating ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company. The investigation…

TikTok is addicting, thanks in large part to its algorithm. But it isn’t perfect: You watch one too many recipe videos, and, all of a sudden, the app thinks you want to learn everything there is to know about being a chef. If your For You page is a little…

In the latest escalation of the US government’s pressure against the world’s most popular app, ByteDance has been asked to sell TikTok’s stake or risk getting the app banned in the US. Public security concerns surrounding TikTok have been around for a while now. The popular video-sharing app has already…

Jesse Cannon-Wallace doesn’t have a TikTok strategy. Still, Cannon-Wallace, who works as a salesperson at Mercedes Benz of Atlanta Northeast, has been able to amass more than 120,000 followers on the platform via organic posts documenting test drives, how-to tutorials and product features for the dealership’s fleet.  For Cannon-Wallace, who…