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US senators seek to ban federal employees from using TikTok on their phones

About 60 percent of TikTok’s 26.5 million monthly active users in the United States are aged 16 to 24.

TikTok teams up with Merlin, digital rights company, to offer variety in its music library

TikTok allows users to create and share short videos with special effects and is hugely popular in Southeast Asia.

TikTok had serious flaws that could let hackers post on users' behalf; vulnerabilities now fixed

TikTok learned about the conclusions of Check Point’s research on 20 Nov and said it had fixed all of the vulnerabilities by 15 Dec.

US senator asks military to assess risks of using TikTok as recruitment tool

CFIUS has already launched a national security review of TikTok owner ByteDance Technology Co's acquisition of Musical.ly.

TikTok fails at convincing US lawmakers that it doesn't store American user data in China

In the letter, TikTok said it stores all US user data in the US, with backup redundancy in Singapore.

TikTok's Musical.ly to be reviewed by the US panel for politically sensitive content

TikTok's ownership and sudden spike in popularity have raised concerns among US lawmakers.

TikTok will not feature any paid election-related ads on its platform, says VP

TikTok VP says that showing paid political ads does not fit into the experience it aims to provide to its users.

TikTok maintains that it's an 'intermediary', claims to have no editorial control over content

Sharechat and TikTok are slugging it out over content exclusivity and sharing.

TikTok is experimenting with a 'Hashtag Challenge Plus' feature designed to get Gen Z to shop on the app

Kroger was the first brand to feature in a sponsored hashtag campaign for generating sales.

TikTok is being flooded with scams luring users to adult-themed websites and fake 'like' generators

The most popular method of scamming users involves duplicating the profiles of social media stars.