Musical.ly was a social media platform focused on the creation of short-form lip-synch, dance, and comedy videos. It was quite popular in the mid-2010s. TikTok is a social media platform that originally focused on short-form lip-synch, dance, and comedy videos. It became even more popular than Musical.ly in the late 2010s. That’s not a coincidence. […]

Social media platforms have provided users worldwide with unprecedented access to information. The dark side of that access, as we all know by now, is the amount of mis- and disinformation that’s regularly promulgated on the platforms. Even worse, social apps allow scammers and other “bad guys” to start rumors that spread like wildfire. Many […]

Montana was the first US state to ban TikTok. A complete ban on the use of the social media platform was approved in 2023; app stores were prohibited from offering the TikTok app for download to anyone in the state, with each violation making providers liable for a $10,000 fine. The Montana ban was supposed […]

Social media companies are waging a war that seems much like the “space race” and the “arms races” between rival nations in the 20th century. When one app adds a feature, several others quickly move to duplicate or improve it on their apps. The impressive rise of TikTok led to the creation of Instagram Reels […]

First things first: The TikTok Creator Fund doesn’t exist anymore. It was changed to the somewhat similar TikTok Creativity Program in 2023, and it’s now known as the TikTok Creator Rewards Program. The goal of these programs has always been the same. They allow popular content creators to earn money in return for the work […]

You may have wondered about a relatively new feature on the top navigation row of your TikTok home screen: STEM. Then again, you may not have wondered. The STEM feed was added in 2024, but not all TikTok users can view it. It began as a feed for Americans and Europeans aged 18 and younger, […]