The leading Asian American caucus in Congress has accused Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) of “racist” questioning of TikTok’s CEO at a congressional hearing this week. In a hearing Wednesday, leaders from across big tech were summoned to testify on the issue of online child safety. In addition to TikTok, executives from Meta, X, Snap and … Read more
TikTok users could be in for a shock as millions of songs may be scrapped from the platform in under 24 hours, including Harry Styles’ music. Negotiations between the social media app and Universal Music Group, the corporation that owns the music, have broken down with the music industry titan publishing an open letter titled: … Read more
In the golden age of content creation, having one of the best ring lights is critical to standing out among your photogenic peers. Whether for vlogging, makeup tutorials, TikToks, or simply a celebrity-level selfie, good lighting can be the difference between “meh” and “marvelous.” Lucky for us, gone are the days of precariously balancing your phone or camera against … Read more
Taylor Swift performs onstage at Lumen Field in Seattle on July 22, 2023. Mat Hayward/tas23 | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Songs from artists signed to Universal Music Group have started disappearing from TikTok after the two sides failed to agree a new deal over content licensing, sparking a public spat. Music by artists … Read more
The music of Taylor Swift, Drake, Olivia Rodrigo, and many others, will disappear from TikTok by the end of Wednesday unless the social media giant can agree on a deal with Universal Music Group. TikTok’s estimated 1.5 billion monthly users can enhance their videos with music from across the main record label catalogues, making it … Read more
TikTok has irreversibly bent our culture’s trajectory, but that doesn’t guarantee it’ll be around to reap the benefits. (India banned the app long ago, and it’s under growing scrutiny in a handful of other countries.) It has walked the political tightrope this far, but any bad PR could knock it off. Maybe that’s why TikTok’s … Read more
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) defended pressing TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew about potential ties to the Chinese Communist Party at a Senate hearing Wednesday. “Singapore, unfortunately, is one of the places in the world that has the highest degree of infiltration and influence by the Chinese Communist Party,” Cotton said on Fox News’s “The Story … Read more
33 percent of Americans say they’ve used TikTok, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. That means the number of Americans using the short video-sharing app has grown by at least 12 percentage points since 2021. Social media platforms like TikTok have come under scrutiny recently, with child advocates and lawmakers saying the … Read more
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 … Read more
Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Universal Music Group said on Wednesday that it will cease licensing its music to TikTok and accused the short-form video giant of bullying and intimidation in its contract negotiations. A music licensing agreement between UMG and TikTok, which is owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, … Read more
