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    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Jo Ellison
      What is it about men and the Roman empire?

      A TikTok trend has exposed a crucial difference between the boys and the girls 

      Men dressed in the costumes of ancient Roman gladiators, but checking their smartphones
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      LexJune Yoon
      The Lex Newsletter: TikTok wants to be Amazon for Gen Z Premium content

      Social media group is branching out into ecommerce but the US is not the only country with concerns about the app

      Logo for TikTok and a smartphone screen showing the TikTok Shop app
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      EU fines TikTok €345mn for breaching children’s data rules

      Probe finds Chinese social media app infringed regulations for users aged under 17

      TikTok sign in front of an office window
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Indonesia threatens to curb TikTok’s shopping platform

      Minister accuses Chinese-owned viral video app of ‘monopolistic’ business practices

      TikTok signage
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      EU tech regulation
      Big Tech faces fresh legal obligations as Brussels lists services bound by new rules

      Apple’s App Store and Google’s YouTube among 22 digital services classed as ‘gatekeepers’ as new EU law kicks in

      A montage of the logos of Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple
    • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
      Ecommerce
      TikTok takes on Shopee and Tokopedia in Asean ecommerce race

      Buyers and sellers flock to shopping feature while authorities fret

      A clothing retailer in Hulu Langat on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur engages with buyers on TikTok Shop
    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      Tech Tonic podcast21 min listen
      Peak social media: The future

      From Meta’s Threads to artificial intelligence, we ask how platforms will look and feel in years to come

    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      Digital Media
      Young adults in the UK rely on social media to access news, regulator finds

      TikTok was the most-used single source for children aged 12 to 15

      A person look at their mobile phone while walking across the Waterloo Bridge in London
    • Saturday, 15 July, 2023
      Elaine Moore
      Why social media is hardly social any more

      Apps such as Zuckerberg’s Threads are a stage for brands and celebrities, not a network for friends to connect

      close up of hands holding a smartphone with the Threads app open on it
    • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
      FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
      Under-21s targeted by money launderers, warns UK fraud agency

      Schools initiative to discourage youngsters from being used as ‘money mules’

    • Monday, 26 June, 2023
      LexEcommerce
      Ecommerce: TikTok’s high views are no match for Amazon’s logistics Premium content

      Video app wants to cash in on the boom in online shopping but faces obstacles that the US giant does not

      TikTok logo on phone
    • Sunday, 25 June, 2023
      News in-depth
      TikTok turns to south-east Asia to drive growth

      Viral app’s parent ByteDance targets large Indonesian market but faces growing regulatory scrutiny around the world

      TikTok chief executive Shou Zi Chew at an event in Jakarta on June 15
    • Thursday, 22 June, 2023
      TikTok operating chief Pappas to step down after five years

      Shake-up comes as social media platform faces mounting regulatory pressure in US

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    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
      TikTok prepares ‘Project S’ plan to break into online shopping

      ByteDance experiments with selling its own products through viral app as it prepares to challenge Shein and Amazon

      TikTok’s trendy beat app
    • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
      South Korean business & finance
      New York sues Hyundai and Kia over ‘explosion’ of car thefts

      Viral TikTok videos on how to steal the vehicles led to a surge in crime, says the city’s law department

      New cars are displayed at a dealer in San Leandro, California
    • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
      News in-depth
      TikTok reshapes ecommerce unit in bid to crack western markets

      Chinese-owned group relocates executives in renewed push of livestream shopping in US and UK

      Shopping tab on TikTok app
    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
      TikTok sues Montana over first US state ban

      Chinese-owned social media app says newly signed law is an unconstitutional infringement on its rights

      A smartphone with a TikTok logo
    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      TikTok spied on our reporter

      G7 to impose fresh sanctions on Russian ships, aircraft and diamonds

    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      TikTok faces first US state ban in Montana

      Popular video app says move infringes First Amendment rights as it prepares for potential legal fight

      TikTok logo on a phone
    • Monday, 15 May, 2023
      News in-depthChinese business & finance
      Chinese tech entrepreneurs go on global offensive

      Success of TikTok and Shein inspires start-ups to look abroad for growth

      Montage of the Shein app
    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      FT Magazine
      TikTok spied on me. Why?

      The FT’s Cristina Criddle on discovering she’d been surveilled by the controversial social media company

    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
      Style
      Why young shoppers are cool with counterfeits

      On TikTok, guides to buying ‘dupes’ of pricey luxury items are gaining a following

    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
      News in-depthByteDance
      Cottage industry of Chinese scammers target TikTok

      Parent company ByteDance struggles to police videos promoting dubious products such as ‘enzyme’ weight loss coffee

      Montage of TikTok logo and an influencer
    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      News in-depth
      Dissenting politicians join young activists to oppose TikTok bans

      A small group of lawmakers from across the political divide speak out against restrictions to the Chinese-owned video app

      Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Matteo Salvini
    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
      The TikTok divide

      Rupert Murdoch’s Fox agrees $787.5mn settlement in Dominion defamation case

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