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Zhuhaojia, the self-operated home decoration unit of Beijing-based TikTok owner ByteDance, has recently launched an independent app, indicating that the tech giant has separated this business division, Tech Planet reported on December 23. Zhuhaojia, which previously belonged to Zhuxiaobang, provides whole house design, standardized construction and after-sales guarantee services. Its…

Photo Credit: Rubaitul Azad I Monster, a Sheffield-based duo that arrived on the scene more than two decades ago, is officially the latest act to experience a significant commercial boost from a TikTok trend.Dharma Records, the longtime label of I Monster, just recently reached out to Digital Music News with…

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TikTok's parent company ByteDance has admitted to spying on Forbes journalists as part of a "covert surveillance campaign" aimed at unearthing the source of leaks inside the company following multiple stories exposing the organization's deep ties to China and the ruling Communist Party. Forbes reportedly exclusively on Thursday that ByteDance had "tracked multiple…

ByteDance admits abuses of power — Fired employees “misused their authority to obtain access to TikTok user data.” Ashley Belanger - Dec 22, 2022 9:52 pm UTC Following an internal investigation, TikTok owner ByteDance today confirmed reports from this fall that claimed some of its employees used the popular app…

In 2022, TikTok may have been the most popular influencer of them all—but we’re probably a bit biased; social media is our job. All things considered, there is no denying the influence of the social media app. But if you’re trying to define this past year through TikTok’s lens, there…

A proposal to ban the installation and use of TikTok on US government devices has been inserted into a key spending bill being put before the US Congress and is expected to become law in the coming days, Reuters reports. According to the proposal, the US Office of Management and…

ByteDance confirmed it used TikTok to monitor journalists’ physical location using their IP addresses, as first reported by Forbes in October. An internal investigation by ByteDance, the parent company of video-sharing platform TikTok, found that employees tracked multiple journalists covering the company, improperly gaining access to their IP addresses and…

TikTok’s looking to provide more insight into why you’re seeing what you’re seeing in your feed with a new ‘Why Am I Seeing This?’ explainer tool that will provide some of the potential reasons that guide its algorithmic decisions. As you can see in this sequence, now, in the ‘Share’…

Though the star didn't name the TikTok influencer, Cyrus has since responded. Avery Cyrus and JoJo Siwa attend the Los Angeles Premiere of "Jagged Little Pill" at Hollywood Pantages Theatre on September 14, 2022, in Hollywood. JC Olivera/GI Trouble is brewing for JoJo Siwa and ex-girlfriend Avery Cyrus. The former…