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TikTok US says it is working to restore services after a power outage at a data center and any algorithm changes users noticed were likely due to the outage (Dan Whateley/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-outage-data-cent…

TikTok says a power outage messed up users' feeds over the weekend
TikTok said a power outage at a US data center on Sunday impacted its services, including its For You feeds.

Charm.io: TikTok Shop reached $10B in US sales across 600K creators between January and October, up from $5B YoY; global sales are on par with eBay's (Emmett Lindner/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/business/media/tiktok-shop-black-frida…

Faux Jewels and Slimming Belts: Why Shopping on TikTok Is a Lot Like QVC
The popular app’s online marketplace is growing rapidly in the United States, driven by TikTok’s popularity and influencer advertisements that look a lot like TV infomercials.

https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-new-privacy-policy/

TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.

Seen on Tiktok:
Bringing American Culture to Greenland 🇬🇱
#greenland #fentanyl

EU-Parlament: Jugendliche sollen TikTok & Co. erst ab 16 nutzen dürfen
Die EU-Abgeordneten fordern umfassende Maßnahmen zum Schutz von Minderjährigen im Netz. Dazu zählt ein EU-weites Mindestalter von 16 Jahren für Social Media.

Trump’s friends controlling TikTok is maybe bad news for the US and US democracy? 🤔
#tiktok

The deal to secure TikTok’s future in the US has finally closed
The joint venture acquiring TikTok’s US assets has been formally established and has announced its leadership team, according to the company, one day before the deadline set by President Donald Trump for the app’s US assets to be spun off by Chinese parent company ByteDance.

TikTok names veteran government affairs executive Ziad Ojakli as its head of public policy for the Americas, replacing longtime policy lead Michael Beckerman (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/25/tiktok-public-policy-ziad-ojakli

Exclusive: TikTok hires Ziad Ojakli as new head of public policy for Americas
Ojakli will become the public face of TikTok's policy strategy as it looks to get sold and save itself from a ban.

Charm.io: TikTok Shop reached $10B in US sales across 600K creators between January and October, up from $5B YoY; global sales are on par with eBay's (Emmett Lindner/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/business/media/tiktok-shop-black-frida…

Faux Jewels and Slimming Belts: Why Shopping on TikTok Is a Lot Like QVC
The popular app’s online marketplace is growing rapidly in the United States, driven by TikTok’s popularity and influencer advertisements that look a lot like TV infomercials.

UpScrolled, a platform for sharing photos, videos, and text that claims political impartiality, says user growth has surged since TikTok's US takeover (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/867958/tiktok-upscrolled-app-us-takeover

TikTokers are heading to UpScrolled following US takeover
Just days after Oracle and a group of investors took over TikTok’s US operations, many users have announced they are switching to UpScrolled, an alternative social platform that promises not to shadowban or censor content.

Tests show GPT-5.2 on ChatGPT citing Grokipedia as a source on a wide range of queries, including on Iranian conglomerates and Holocaust deniers (Aisha Down/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan…