TikTok will start telling users why it has recommended videos in their feeds amid demands from campaigners for more transparency about its algorithm. [Read More]
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TikTok is introducing a new $6 million fund to pay creators for making viral effects and filters -- in the first reward system of its kind on the platform. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-05-16 20:04
From 2023, content creators using YouTube Shorts will be able to monetize their short-form videos as the Google-owned platform battles TikTok. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-09-16 18:24
According to a new report, Facebook has decided to make its feed feel more like TikTok in an attempt to better compete against what has become the biggest threat to the social media giant's bottom line. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-06-16 20:55
The United States government just announced that the video-sharing social app TikTok and the social app WeChat will be banned in the US starting on Sunday “to protect the national security of the United States. petapixel.com »
2020-09-18 20:03
Deepfakes of celebrities such as Taylor Swift, Ice Spice, Drake, and even the late Queen Elizabeth are teaching math to kids in viral TikTok videos. [Read More]
Four school boards in Ontario, Canada have launched a $4.5 billion lawsuit against social media giants Meta, Snapchat, and TikTok for what they describe as negligently designed apps. [Read More]
Compact digital cameras continue to have a revival with searches for the Nikon Coolpix soaring by over 8,500% in the last year. [Read More]
TikTok is reportedly working on a new stand-alone photo app called "TikTok Photos" in a platform that could potentially rival Instagram. [Read More]
A concert photographer narrowly missed a guitar being thrown at him on stage -- after a heavy metal musician mistook him for someone else. [Read More]
A street photographer has gone viral with his epic impromptu portrait of actor Gordon Cormier who plays Avatar Aang in Netflix's hit series Avatar: The Last Airbender. [Read More]
A wedding photographer at the center of a TikTok storm over her prices says she has faced death threats after revealing she charges $8,500 for her pictures which many have dismissed as "blurry". [Read More]