The White House has answered what had been one of the major outstanding questions regarding its pending deal to transfer TikTok’s US operations to a majority American ownership group: Under the ...

An exclusive excerpt from Every Screen On The Planet reveals how the social media app’s powerful recommendation engine was shaped by a bunch of ordinary, twentysomething curators—including a guy named ...

May 30 (Reuters) - TikTok is working on a clone of its recommendation algorithm for its 170 million U.S. users that may result in a version that operates independently of its Chinese parent and be ...

TikTok blamed a power outage at a US data center after users reported issues with their For You feeds. TikTok said it hoped for a resolution "soon." ...

Chinese tech giant ByteDance finalized its agreement to sell a majority stake in its video platform TikTok to a group of U.S. investors. TikTok announced on Jan. 22, 2026, that it has formed TikTok ...

While the creation of this new entity marks a big step toward avoiding a U.S. ban, as well as easing trade and tech-related tensions between Washington and Beijing, there is still uncertainty ...

A Wall Street Journal investigation found that TikTok only needs one important piece of information to figure out what you ...

TikTok’s 2026 algorithm changes place greater emphasis on saves and shares over likes, raise the completion rate threshold for virality to 70%, and reward longer videos that sustain attention. The ...

For You pages prioritized pro-Republican content in three states, researchers say, but TikTok says study does not reflect real user behavior ...

Algorithm favors niches: TikTok now prioritizes niche-specific, consistent content and uses a follower-first testing model before wider reach. Search over virality: AI-powered indexing is shifting ...

You chose selected. Each dot here represents a single video about selected. While you’re on the app, TikTok tracks how you interact with videos. It monitors your watch time, the videos you like, the ...