Users on TikTok are blocking Facebook and Instagram from their accounts, citing concerns that the Meta companies are changing their "For You" pages on the video platform. According to multiple users,
TikTok users are mobilizing to block the Facebook account on the app after rumors circulated that Meta purchased the company. Some TikTokers claimed that doing so reset their For You Page after the feed allegedly changed when the platform came back online in the U.S. following a brief shutdown period.
Claims that TikTok had been sold circulated after the app went dark in response to a U.S. federal ban, then returned a short time later.
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Meta is enticing TikTok creators with up to $5,000 as a way to "jumpstart" growth on Instagram and Facebook.
The fallout from Towamencin Supervisor Laura Smith's controversial TikTok post continued this weekend. Smith, who made a video where she made a one-armed gesture that many have likened to a Nazi salute,
After a US law temporarily forced Americans to find a new home for their short-video habit, TikTok clone Likee saw a surge in usage.
As revealed by Omdia ’s Senior Research Director María Rua Aguete at a Content Americas panel, it surpassed 1.9 billion monthly active users globally, with 145 million in the U.S. alone. In terms of video revenues, TikTok reached $63.3 billion globally – nearly doubling YouTube’s global ad revenues of $33.3 billion.
Three days after ByteDance's TikTok went dark and then was quickly revived in the United States, users who deleted the app were anxiously checking iPhone and Android devices to find it still unavailable to be downloaded again.
TikTok faced a 14-hour blackout in the US on January 19, during which users were unable to access the app. When TikTok resurfaced, users noticed the presence of Facebook’s profile on the platform. Many want to block this profile to stop it from appearing on their feeds.