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TikTok quietly changed its policies to make it easier to share user data with government and regulatory authorities, and weakened promises to inform users (Emily Baker-White/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2025/10/21…

TikTok Won’t Say If It’s Giving ICE Your Data
Changes to TikTok's policies make it easier for the company to share users’ personal information with governments. TikTok did not respond to questions about the changes.

The NYT announces the addition of a TikTok-like Watch tab to its app, featuring a mix of short-form, scrollable, vertical news videos, available October 22 (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/21/new-york-times-watch-tab-tiktok-nyt-app

NYT to debut new TikTok-like "Watch" tab in its app
It's part of a broader effort to bring all of its journalism across mediums into a single destination.

Tiktok: KI erkennen und Wohlbefinden steigern
KI-generierte Inhalte sollen bei Tiktok automatisch gekennzeichnet werden. Zudem kann man mit der App künftig etwa Atemübungen machen.
https://www.hei…

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The TikTok deal is the worst of all possible outcomes, shifting ownership of TikTok to Trump's allies, while maintaining the supposed problematic links to China (Karl Bode/Techdirt)
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/tiktok

TikTok Deal Done And It’s Somehow The Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse
There were rumblings about this for a while, but it looks like the Trump TikTok deal is done, and it’s somehow the worst of all possible outcomes, amazingly making all of the biggest criticis…

Freitag: TikTok bestätigt Investoren-Deal, Tastenverzögerung verrät Nordkoreaner
TikTok-Joint-Venture mit Oracle IT-Maulwurf bei Amazon.com Urteil gegen personalisierte Werbung Malware auf Fähre Verbraucherschutzpodcast zu Glasfaser

The TikTok deal is the worst of all possible outcomes, shifting ownership of TikTok to Trump's allies, while maintaining the supposed problematic links to China (Karl Bode/Techdirt)
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/tiktok

TikTok Deal Done And It’s Somehow The Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse
There were rumblings about this for a while, but it looks like the Trump TikTok deal is done, and it’s somehow the worst of all possible outcomes, amazingly making all of the biggest criticis…

TikTok unterzeichnet Deal zum Verkauf von Anteilen der US-Tochter an Investoren
Um eine Sperre in den USA zu vermeiden, verkauft TikTok etliche Anteile der US-Tochter an US-amerikanische und internationale Investoren. Das ist nun bestätigt.

Ariel Emanuel's new company Mari acquires NYC- and London-based theater ticketing app TodayTix from PE firm Great Hill; TodayTix sells ~10M tickets per year (Michael Paulson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/theater/todaytix-broadway…

Ari Emanuel Buys TodayTix, Gaining Footing on Broadway and West End
The ticketing company is already a significant player in the two big theater markets of New York and London.