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The social media app TikTok is in hot water for not being able to correctly protect children from harmful content. The app, which is popular with kids and teenagers, is being investigated by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for possible violations of child privacy laws. If the ICO finds that TikTok did violate those […]

TikTok’s creative tools are so comprehensive that you’ll almost certainly never want for ideas. Between Duets, Green Screen effects, and Stitch, TikTok has plenty of ways for you to create and realise new ideas. Given how important it is to stand out from the crowd on TikTok by creating original, relatable content, these tools are

If there’s one thing that’s iconic about TikTok, it’s the fact that videos are short. The app has largely built its reputation around short-form video content; at the moment, it’s only possible to make videos of up to three minutes in length, and many content creators opt to stay well shy of this limit. Indeed,

Of all the settings you need to understand when you’re using TikTok, privacy is perhaps one of the most important. If you don’t have a good handle on your privacy settings, then people could be seeing your content even if you don’t want them to, and there are a whole host of other settings and

If you’ve got any sort of presence on social media, you’ve probably heard the term “ratioing”, or “to be ratioed”. On Twitter, this has negative connotations. Essentially, it means that the number of comments your tweet is receiving dwarfs the number of likes and retweets it’s getting, meaning more users are stopping to actually engage

It’s surprising to see the exponential rise of TikTok users over the past few years. Launched in 2017, the new social media platform has become the talk of every corner for its friendly interface, easy use, and the amazing power of making a user social media star within days. This is the reason why this

As social media becomes more advanced – and more widely used – its effects on teenagers are being more widely documented. There are now suggestions that excessive social media use – and even occasionally moderate social media use – can negatively affect the mental health of teenagers, leading to negative self-image, toxic behaviour, and other

Despite TikTok being one of the biggest social media platforms in the world right now, there’s a lot many people don’t know about it. The Chinese app was created by startup ByteDance back in 2016 and since then it’s gone from strength to strength, but much of its identity and past is still shrouded in