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In October 2020, TikTok users in Armenia reported a loss of app functionality, although it has not been confirmed whether this was the result of any intervention by the Armenian government in response to the use of the app by Azerbaijani sources to spread misinformation during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Message displayed to US users on the TikTok app during the shutdown on January 18, 2025. The short-form video-hosting service TikTok has been under a de jure nationwide ban in the United States since January 19, 2025, due to the US government's concerns over potential user data collection and influence operations by the government of the People's Republic of China.
Among the most viral clips is a TikTok video showcasing one user's boyfriend appearing hesitant to catch a bug, while another video features a creator's partner slamming his head into a block of ...
TikTok, Inc. v. Garland, 604 U.S. ___ (2025), was a United States Supreme Court case brought by ByteDance Ltd. and TikTok on the constitutionality of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA) based on the Freedom of Speech Clause of the First Amendment, the Bill of Attainder Clause of Article One, Section Nine, and the Due Process Clause and Takings ...
A U.S. appeals court has revived a lawsuit against TikTok by the mother of a 10-year-old girl who died after taking part in a viral "blackout challenge" in which users of the social media platform ...
In May 2022, TikTok announced TikTok Pulse, an ad revenue-sharing program. It covers the "top 4% of all videos on TikTok" and is only available to creators with more than 100,000 followers. If an eligible creator's video reaches the top 4%, they will receive a 50% share of the revenue from ads displayed with the video. [ 109 ]
Charli D'Amelio was the most-followed TikTok user for over 2 years, before being surpassed by Khaby Lame. The following table lists the accounts that were once the most-followed on TikTok, excluding the official TikTok account. Before Khaby Lame became the most-followed TikTok user on 22 June 2022, Charli D'Amelio was
TikTok's content moderation policies have been criticized as non-transparent (especially Douyin's). Internal guidelines depending on the country against the promotion of violence, separatism, and "demonization of countries" could be used to prohibit content related to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, Falun Gong, Tibet, Taiwan, Chechnya, Northern Ireland, the Cambodian genocide ...