The company’s secret sauce is what populates its For You Page, which predicts the videos that will pique a viewer’s interest Read the new Guardian series exploring the increasing power and reach of TikTok It is, quite literally, the trillion dollar question: how did TikTok go from a niche social network for lip-syncing teens to …
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Tesla chief executive has been given until 28 October to buy social network to avoid Delaware court case It could be a busy November for Judge Kathaleen McCormick, depending on whether Elon Musk keeps to his word over the next week. The Delaware judge has given the world’s richest man a deadline of 5pm New …
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Celebrity and trainspotter are not words you see together very often. But Francis Bourgeois’ unique style and infectious enthusiasm is proving to be a ‘hellfire’ hit How fast can you run?” Francis Bourgeois asks, not waiting for an answer. It’s 9am and we’re barely done with bleary-eyed introductions on platform 5 at Willesden Junction in …
The app has grown at breakneck speed to surpass the internet behemoths in downloads Read the new Guardian series exploring the increasing power and reach of TikTok TikTok in 2022 became the most-downloaded app in the world, quietly surpassing long-standing forebears Instagram and Twitter. By the end of this year, it will overtake YouTube as …
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The video platform has become a place for migrants to seek and share information, but experts fear exploitation is on the rise Read the new Guardian series exploring the increasing power and reach of TikTok The TikTok video starts like most other travel snaps on the platform do, with selfie shots showing the user* and …
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While taking shots of her daughter during a holiday in France, memories of the photographer’s own youth flooded back It was a stiflingly hot day in the south of France and editor and photographer Gerry Brakus and her 15-year-old daughter, Honor, had gone indoors to cool off. Along with her husband – the couple are …
Cybersecurity specialists raise concern over potential for claims about integrity of leadership ballot Hackers from rogue states could attempt to discredit the Conservative leadership contest with spurious claims about the integrity of an online members’ vote, experts have said. If there are two candidates remaining in the race after Monday, Tory party members will take …
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Concerns over foreign investors funding Twitter takeover and increasingly strategic role in Ukraine of Starlink The White House is considering whether to subject some of Elon Musk’s business ventures to national security reviews, including his proposed acquisition of Twitter and his satellite internet company Starlink, according to a report. Bloomberg wrote on Friday that Biden …
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The media giants have allegedly released ‘new’ podcasts mirroring those made by the likes of Gizzi Erskine and Pandora Sykes. So why is it so hard to make a case against them? Claims of intellectual property theft have long been a contentious issue within the world of podcasting. It’s a podcast wild west out there …
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Chinese-based team at parent company ByteDance alleged by Forbes to have planned to collect location information TikTok has denied it is used to “target” US citizens following a report that its Chinese parent planned to track the location of people via the video-sharing app. A report by Forbes on Thursday claimed that, in at least …
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