Bloomberg:Sources: TikTok plans to launch TikTok Shop in Spain and Ireland as early as October; the rollout will be smaller than previously envisioned amid EU scrutiny  —  - Shop rollout in Europe will be smaller than initially planned  — Company will introduce the platform to rest of Europe in 2025

“I’m calling it the first TikTok Olympics,” one executive told us.

Der chinesische Konzern Bytedance muss in der EU die strengen Vorgaben des DMA einhalten.

Die EU hatte ByteDance auf eine Liste mit großen Onlineplattformen gesetzt, für sie gelten strengere Regeln. Der chinesische Konzern klagte dagegen – ohne Erfolg.

Bloomberg:Donald Trump says “I'm for TikTok, because you need competition”, and “if you don't have TikTok, you have Facebook and Instagram” and “that's Zuckerberg”  —  It's late June, and Donald Trump is plotting his next presidency in the gilded offseason isolation of the Mar-a-Lago Club.

The fashion label is tapping creators to make user-generated content. A social media expert explains why the tactic is working--and what smaller brands can learn from it.

TikTok has shared some new insights into key trends in the app, as an addendum to its “What’s Next 2024” report.

TikTok may be on its way out of the U.S. (potentially), but it’s not gone just yet, and with over a billion active users, it’s still a valuable channel for marketing, and connecting with prospective shoppers via promotions. A

But it's probably a little too late at this stage.

New marketing and promotion tips from TikTok.

Some updated trend tips from the TikTok team. 

Oracle provides cloud infrastructure for TikTok, which has over 120 million users in the U.S. – not the company said a ban on TikTok in the U.S. could hurt revenue and profit.

While TikTok has become a key platform for entertainment, it’s also increasingly becoming a destination for discovery, with more and more people now turning to app to learn more about products, trends and more.

TikTok and Chinese parent ByteDance on Thursday urged a U.S.

TikTok soll laut der Handelsbehörde ein US-Gesetz zum Datenschutz von Kindern verletzt haben. Die Plattform bestreitet das. Nun wurde das Justizministerium eingeschaltet.

TikTok als Marketingkanal wird immer relevanter, was bedeutet, dass der Bedarf an Expert:innen für die Plattform steigt. Eine umfangreiche Analyse zeigt jetzt, in welchen deutschen Städten und Regionen die meisten gesucht werden.

The US Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday said it had referred a complaint against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance to the US Justice Department over concerns the platform violated children’s privacy.

The Federal Trade Commission said it referred a case regarding potential violations by TikTok of a children’s privacy law to the Justice Department.

Image: TikTokTikTok recently launched a new Instagram-like photo-sharing app called Whee, as spotted by Android Police and APKMirror founder Artem Russakovskii.