Interesting read on the BBC here (I know some might have difficulty reading) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj9kgxqjwjo This just shows how these social media companies care little about the user who are literally the product they then sell…
I have woken up in the UK today to see that Tik Tok actually did what it threatened to do and go dark in the US. HOWEVER what has amused me and dismayed me in…
Tik Tok looks like it is trying to do an Epic and dodge the Apple tax where it can…. this is likely to result in a ban (not that they seem worried about that) https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/1/24146142/tiktok-coins-dodge-apple-app-store-commission-epic
President Biden has signed into law the bill giving Tik Tok owners ByteDance 270 days to sell the app or lose being able to operate in the US. This is big – this is huge.…
The moves to make ByteDance sell Tik Tok has again passed in the House today. Read more below https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/20/24135163/tiktok-ban-divest-bytedance-house-foreign-aid-package
Dansup the creator of Pixelfed has just previewed loops.video which I guess is a Tik Tok like federated short video website. https://loops.video/ I think this will be a great idea and Dansup always seems like…
Tik Tok is coming under more pressure as its links to the Chinese government are probed more and more. The US bill to force Tik Toks owners ByteDance to sell is gaining traction, whilst in…