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TikTok quietly launches a microdrama app called ‘PineDrama’
Think TikTok, but every single video you come across is a short episode of a fictional story....
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TikTok Shop Showed Me Search Suggestions for Products With Nazi Symbolism
Even after TikTok removed swastika jewelry from its online shop, I was algorithmically nudged toward a web of Nazi-related products during searches, like “doubl...
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Here’s what you should know about the US TikTok deal
A number of investors are competing for the opportunity to purchase the app, and if a deal were to go through, the platform's U.S. business could have its valua...
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The year the government broke
The first crack showed right before Inauguration Day. The year before, Congress had overwhelmingly passed a bill banning TikTok unless it broke ties with its Ch...
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TikTok Shop launches digital gift cards to challenge Amazon and eBay
TikTok Shop has rolled out a new feature that allows users to purchase digital gift cards, making it easier to help friends and family buy from the millions of...
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TikTok Deal Is the Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse
Article URL: https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/tiktok-deal-done-and-its-somehow-the-shittiest-possible-outcome-making-everything-worse/ Comments URL: https://...
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TikTok’s US sale looks to be a done deal after missing several deadlines in 2025
Following years of controversy, promises, and potential and even short-lived bans, TikTok’s long-awaited US deal is happening next month. more…...
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TikTok ban: all the news on the app’s shutdown and return in the US
After briefly going dark in the US to comply with the divest-or-ban law targeting ByteDance that went into effect on January 19th, TikTok quickly came back onli...
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TikTok agrees to deal to cede control of US business to American investor group
The deal closes a long-running drama in which U.S. authorities have sought to compel ByteDance to divest....
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TikTok U.S. Sale to Oracle-Led Group Set to Close in January
TikTok has agreed to sell its U.S. operations to an investment group that includes Oracle, Silver Lake, and UAE-based company MGX, reports Axios. The 'TikTok US...
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After years of drama, TikTok’s U.S. sale is set to close next month
Stop us if you’ve heard this before, but it appears that the TikTok sale odyssey may be about to wrap up. Here are the details. more…...
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The TikTok US sale is finally happening
TikTok has finalized the deal to sell its US business, according to reports from Axios, The Hollywood Reporter, and CNBC. They report that a memo from TikTok CE...