TikTok expands family pairing features in Bangladesh
TikTok has announced launch of enhanced features to its Family Pairing tool in the Bangladesh region, said a press release...
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Railway authorities need to stop risky train roof riding
THE death of two young people after they fell off a train roof at Akhaura in Brahmanbaria on April 2, whilst they were creating TikTok videos, is shocking. It is reported that the four young people in a group climbed onto the roof of a running train, the Paharika Express headed for Sylhet from Chattogram. When the train reached the Mogra railway bridge after crossing the...
Two TikTokers die falling from train roof
Two youths were killed and two others were severely injured after falling from the roof of a moving train while they were making TikTok videos on mobile phone at Akhaura in Brahmanbaria on Wednesday...
TikTok to invest $8.8b in Thailand over 5yrs
TikTok plans to invest $8.8 billion in Thailand over the next five years, focusing on digital infrastructure, workforce development and online safety initiatives, a senior executive said Friday after talks with the government.
Cyberbullying, misinformation decried
In an effort to create a safer digital environment for the youth of Bangladesh, the JAAGO Foundation and the TikTok jointly organised a roundtable discussion titled National Dialogue on Youth and Online Safety at the Platinum Grand of Banani in Dhaka on Thursday...
TikTok, BTRC host digital safety summit
TikTok, in collaboration with the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, on Monday hosted 鈥楧igital Safety Summit Bangladesh 2025鈥� in the capital Dhaka, said a press release...
TikTok goes dark in US as Trump seeks reprieve from ban
TikTok went dark in the United States on Sunday as millions of dismayed users found themselves barred from the popular app, with President-elect Donald Trump vowing to seek a reprieve.
US TikTok ban looms as Trump seeks last-ditch solution
TikTok says it will 鈥榞o dark鈥� in the United States on Sunday, threatening access to the app for 170 million users, unless the government provides assurances that a law mandating its sale or ban will not be used to punish service providers...
The transition travesty
JOE Biden keeps departing and Donald Trump keeps arriving. The soon-to-be former president and the still-future president are like comic-tragic characters in a political zombie film...
Albania to shut down TikTok for a year
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced Saturday that the government will shut down social network TikTok for at least a year starting at the beginning of 2025.
TikTok closer to US ban after losing court appeal
TikTok edged closer to being banned in the United States after it lost an appeal on Friday against a law requiring the video-sharing app to divest from its Chinese parent company by January 19...
Australia takes step to ban under 16s from social media
Australian lawmakers moved a step closer to banning under 16s from social media platforms Wednesday, threatening companies that fail to comply with multimillion-dollar fines...
Voting now open for TikTok awards in Bangladesh
TikTok has announced that voting has been opened for TikTok Awards 2024 in Bangladesh, said a press release...
TikTok makes AI driven ad tool available globally
TikTok on Thursday began letting all marketers on its platform use an artificial intelligence-powered tool for generating marketing clips, becoming the latest platform to let advertisers tap into the technology.
Australia plans to ban social media for children under 16
Australia's prime minister on Thursday vowed to ban children under 16 from social media, saying the pervasive influence of platforms like Facebook and TikTok was 鈥榙oing real harm to our kids鈥�.
Juba Dal convener among four held
Four people, including Abul Kalam, convener of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party鈥檚 youth wing Juba Dal in Noakhali Sadar upazila鈥檚 Purba Charmatua union, were held Monday morning during a joint forces operation for making TikTok videos with firearms...
TikTok slashes hundreds of jobs in AI shift
Social media platform TikTok said it will slash hundreds of jobs, with a significant number of employees in Malaysia expected to be affected, as the company shifts to AI-assisted content moderation...
Social media trap
SCROLLING through platforms like TikTok or Facebook might seem like a casual pastime, but beneath the surface, these activities are reshaping our cognitive processes and emotional well-being in significant ways. Let鈥檚 explore how this digital engagement is subtly influencing our brains and mental health...
TikTok, bowing to EU, withdraws rewards programme
TikTok will permanently remove a feature in a spinoff app in France and Spain that rewards users for watching and liking videos, bowing to pressure from European regulators, the EU and the Chinese-owned company said Monday...
US defends law forcing sale of TikTok app
TikTok鈥檚 collection of user data makes it a national security threat, the US Justice Department said Friday in response to a civil suit by the Chinese-owned firm aimed at preventing the forced sale of the app...
Trump offers tech sector policy flips ahead of election
Fiercely against social media platform TikTok, cryptocurrency bitcoin and electric cars during his presidency, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has recently flip-flopped on several issues that are dear to Silicon Valley...
TikTok removes over 7m videos from Bangladesh in 3 months
Social media platform TikTok has removed 7,171,832 videos uploaded from Bangladesh for breaching community guidelines during the past three months, said a press release....
Celebrities face 鈥榖lock out鈥� for remaining silent over Gaza
Celebrities who have remained silent on the crisis in Gaza are feeling the wrath of angry fans wielding the 鈥榙igital guillotine鈥� to block them on social media and streaming platforms...
TikTok reaches music licensing deal with Universal
TikTok and Universal announced a new licensing agreement Thursday, ending a months-long dispute that saw popular music expunged from the social media platform...
TikTok creators fear economic blow of US ban
Ayman聽Chaudhary turned her love for reading into a living on TikTok, posting video snippets about books like those banned in schools in ultra-conservative parts of the United States...
US passes $95b in aid for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan
The US House of Representatives on Saturday approved long-delayed military aid to Ukraine in a rare show of bipartisan unity, while also bolstering Israel and Taiwan defences and threatening to ban Chinese-owned TikTok...
Bill to ban TikTok in US moves ahead in Congress
The US House of Representatives approved a bill Saturday that would force the wildly popular social media app TikTok to divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or be shut out of the American market....