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The Department of Home Affairs has confirmed that a review it undertook on controversial video-sharing platform TikTok was simply a standard network evaluation.Addressing the Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media on Friday, Home Affairs first assistant secretary Hamish Hansford said a risk assessment was undertaken on TikTok internally…

The idea was first born from a video created by Em Jaccs (@e_jaccs) called Ode to Remy. That got noticed by composer and arranger Daniel Mertzlufft, who created an orchestral score around it with inspiration from The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Frozen and other Disney musicals. Other creators…

"I know I'm gonna get through it." Lizzo has always been proudly outspoken when it comes to body image and body positivity. Everyone has vulnerable moments, and in a recent TikTok video, she got real with her fans and followers about having "negative thoughts" regarding her own body image. "I…

TikTok is officially the most downloaded app of 2020, according to an annual mobile trends report from mobile app analytics firm App Annie.According to the findings—which were released by Fast Company on Wednesday—the Chinese-produced mobile app beat out Facebook for the most downloads this year, when factoring in both iOS…

December 9, 2020 | 12:00pm | Updated December 9, 2020 | 4:41pm A hairy situation involving an airline passenger who took revenge on an inconsiderate woman sitting in front of her has taken off on social media. TikTok user Janelle Elise Flom posted video of a woman flinging her long…

TikTok’s loss in India hasn’t fully translated into Indian short-video apps gain.Four months after the Indian government banned the Chinese short-video platform over data security concerns, only 40% of the time Indians were spending on TikTok has shifted to its Indian rivals, according to consultancy firm Redseer.In June, when TikTok…

(Image credit: Bigstock / Palinchak) The Trump administration faces further legal obstacles in its ongoing effort to ban Chinese video-sharing app Tiktok. In his final days in the White House, the US president is seeking a tough-on-China technology legacy, including blacklisting China’s largest chipmaker. Meanwhile, a bill passed by the…

In this file photo illustration taken on August 03, 2020, the social media application logo, TikTok is displayed on the screen of an iPhone on an US flag as the background in Arlington, Virginia. Olivier DOULIERY / AFPShort-form video app TikTok and the Trump administration remained at odds over the…

By Glenn CHAPMAN (AFP)     Dec 4, 2020 in Internet TikTok continued serving up short videos in the US despite missing a Trump administration deadline to come up with an acceptable deal to put its American assets into US hands.Talks between TikTok parent ByteDance and government negotiators were continuing…

Sasha Obama TikTok Millions Await ... If She Wants It!!! 12/4/2020 1:00 AM PT Exclusive Sasha Obama already comes from a very influential family, but if she ever decides to break out on her own as an influencer ... the sky's the limit. That's what the CEOs of 2 leading…