Tag: TikTok
Concerns over TikTok feeding user data to Beijing are back – and there’s good evidence to support them
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When English statesman Sir Francis Bacon famously said “knowledge is power”, he could hardly have foreseen the rise of ubiquitous social media some 500 years later.
Yet social...
Encanto, TikTok and the art of social storytelling: why music is not just for listening anymore
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We need to talk about Bruno. The theme song from Disney’s hit movie Encanto (We don’t talk about Bruno) has become the first song...
Want to delete your social media, but can’t bring yourself to do it? Here are some ways to take that step
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For more than a decade we’ve been deeply immersed in a love affair with social media. And the thought of ending things can...
How the hyper-violent Squid Game has crept into digital content targeting young children
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The dystopian South Korean horror series Squid Game has become Netflix’s most watched TV series, but it is quickly becoming...
Microsoft’s takeover would be a win for TikTok and tech giants – not users
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In what seems to be a common occurrence, Chinese video-sharing app TikTok is once again in the headlines.
After months of...