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TikTok launches TikTok for Artists, which lets artists access data about their music and posts, and Pre-Release, a tool to promote upcoming album releases (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/03/tiktok-launches…

TikTok launches 'TikTok for Artists,' a new music insights platform | TechCrunch
TikTok is officially launching TikTok for Artists, a new music insights platform that is designed to help artists build their careers.

Druck aus EU: TikTok verbietet SkinnyTok-Hashtag im Kampf gegen Magerwahn
TikTok hat angesichts laufender Untersuchungen durch Regulierer in Brüssel und Paris einen Hashtag für Videos zu Gewichtsverlust weltweit untersagt.

TikTok expands Manage Topics, a feature that lets users customize how often specific topics appear in the For You feed, and adds AI-powered keyword filtering (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/678779/tiktok-for-you-feed-manage-…

TikTok gives everyone more control over what’s on their For You page
TikTok is rolling out Manage Topics globally, a feature that lets you control how often you see certain kinds of videos in your For You feed, such as those related to sports, travel, humor, or dance.

Verbandsklage: Tiktok soll Verbrauchern Schadenersatz zahlen
Die gemeinnützige Stiftung Somi hat sich auf Datenschutz-Sammelklagen von Verbrauchern gegen Techriesen spezialisiert. Nach der Plattform X ist nun Tiktok dran.

This is a delightful segment on RNZ (nights with Emile Donovan) talking about 'perfect pitch'... https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nights/audio/2018993777/shower-thoughts-what-is-perfect-pitch

Attorney General Pam Bondi told tech companies that they could
lawfully violate a statute barring American companies from supporting TikTok
based on a sweeping claim that Trump has the constitutional power to set aside laws.
In letters to companies like Apple and Google,
Ms. Bondi wrote that Trump had decided that shutting down TikTok would interfere with his
“constitutional duties,”
so the law banning the social media app must give way to his
“core …

How the Trump Administration Justified Ignoring the TikTok Ban
In purporting to license otherwise illegal conduct by tech firms, President Trump set a precedent expanding executive power, legal experts warned.

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FOIA docs: the Trump administration claimed broad authority to nullify laws in letters to tech firms releasing them of legal liability related to the TikTok ban (Charlie Savage/New York Times)
https://www.nyt…

How the Trump Administration Justified Ignoring the TikTok Ban
In purporting to license otherwise illegal conduct by tech firms, President Trump set a precedent expanding executive power, legal experts warned.

Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Druck aus EU: TikTok verbietet SkinnyTok-Hashtag im Kampf gegen Magerwahn

TikTok users are posting AI-generated videos, seemingly made with Google's Veo 3, depicting racist and antisemitic tropes that have garnered millions of views (Abbie Richards/Media Matters for America)
https://www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/racist

Racist AI-generated videos are the newest slop garnering millions of views on TikTok