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 ...

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." ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

TikTok is one of the most popular video-sharing and social media apps in the world. But its Chinese ownership has raised concerns in the U.S. and elsewhere.