Try as they might, corporations and marketing agencies have yet to hack TikTok’s formula for virality (as they did with its late, great predecessor, Vine), and weirdos rose to the top of everyone’s ...

Social media's role in radicalizing extremists has drastically increased over the last several years. Some far-right TikTokers employ a meme-like format in their content to dodge content moderation.

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is turning to TikTok as it continues to track accountability from social platforms. Congress sent a letter to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on Wednesday urging ...

The time has come when views on Tik Tok are the top priority, when adults don’t fall asleep without watching popular videos, and children start filming on Tik Tok before they have learned to connect ...

If you’ve ever paused a video on TikTok to wonder why it’s being shown to you, you know about the mysteries of the popular short-form video app’s algorithm. A post with no caption and minimal ...

A Wall Street Journal investigation found that TikTok only needs one important piece of information to figure out what you want: the amount of time you linger over a piece of content. Every second you ...

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. A troubling report from the Wall Street Journal digs ...

Among the most hotly debated questions on social media is how algorithmic bias affects social media. In America conservatives claim that Facebook and Twitter bury or outright censor their views. The ...

TikTok’s top secret algorithm has at last been revealed, and it’s truly depressing. A freshly leaked internal document has offered new insight into the disturbing ways the immensely popular video ...

Congress sent a letter to TikTok on Wednesday seeking information on the platform's algorithm. While TikTok has put up protections for younger users, Congress wrote that the platform does not ...