While TikTok said the code’s only used for debugging, researchers also found Meta products Facebook and Instagram can track users’ in-app browser. Reading time 5 minutes Tick tock goes the clock. It ...

TikTok's custom in-app browser on iOS reportedly injects JavaScript code into external websites that allows TikTok to monitor "all keyboard inputs and taps" while a user is interacting with a given ...

In August 2018, Chinese company ByteDance bought video startup Musical.ly and fused it with another app. The result was TikTok, the wildly popular short video app that’s now one of the most downloaded ...

TikTok was one of India's most popular apps – until it was banned in 2020. It's a lesson for what might unfold if a US ban goes ahead. Four years ago, India was TikTok's biggest market. The app ...

More than 800 U.S. TikTok users shared their data with The Washington Post. We used it to find out why some people become power users, spending hours per day scrolling. Each circle in the chart ...

Under the terms, TikTok's recommendation algorithm is set to be retrained on American user data to ensure feeds are free from ...