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  • Friday, 20 January, 2023
    Jo Ellison
    Smartphones? They’re so very 2022

    Gen Z’s teens are learning to self-moderate their screen time

  • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
    News in-depthSocial Media
    Social media platforms brace for hit to user numbers from age checks

    UK’s Online Safety Bill requires stronger age verification measures for platforms including TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat

  • Friday, 13 January, 2023
    News in-depthBig tech
    China moves to take ‘golden shares’ in Alibaba and Tencent units

    Beijing changes tack in its efforts to secure a firmer grip on the country’s tech giants

  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
    News in-depth
    TikTok undercuts social media rivals with cheap ads in battle for growth

    Advertisers and brands say an increasing amount of digital ads spend is moving away from Meta, YouTube and Twitter

  • Friday, 6 January, 2023
    Jo Ellison
    Why we love a nepo baby

    Our fascination with the scions of Hollywood dynasties has deep roots

  • Monday, 2 January, 2023
    Lawmaker says sale of TikTok to US company could avoid outright ban

    Republican congressman says social media group is ‘addictive and destructive’

  • Saturday, 31 December, 2022
    Emma Jacobs
    Year in a word: quiet quitting

    The viral concept that triggered a conversation about entitled employers

  • Friday, 23 December, 2022
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Five financial new year resolutions for 2023

    Will you ‘manifest money’ in the year ahead?

  • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
    TikTok admits tracking FT journalist in leaks investigation

    Chinese parent ByteDance says its employees accessed user data to find sources of information to reporters

  • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
    Gillian Tett
    America should be wary of singling out TikTok

    There are wider concerns about Chinese-exposed tech that ought to be preoccupying policymakers and investors

  • Monday, 19 December, 2022
    FT Swamp Notes
    Rubio has it wrong on TikTok Premium content

    Congress should focus its efforts on requiring American data to be kept on US soil

  • Friday, 16 December, 2022
    What if TikTok really just wants to sell you stuff?

    Understanding the appeal of adverts for adverts

  • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
    Inside BusinessRichard Waters
    Crunch time for TikTok in the US

    Video app in limbo as political pressure builds in Washington to ban it

  • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
    US-China relations
    US Senate votes to ban TikTok on government devices

    Lawmakers worry Chinese video app represents security threat

  • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
    TikTok faces growing Republican backlash over security concerns

    ByteDance-owned social platform hit with lawsuit and state bans on government devices

  • Monday, 5 December, 2022
    Advertising
    TikTok expected to escape the worst of the global ad slowdown

    Other big social media groups forecast to lose market share to viral video platform

  • Sunday, 27 November, 2022
    TikTok enlists tech start-ups to boost struggling ecommerce platform

    Chinese-owned social media platform hopes to remedy some of the issues that have plagued its live shopping rollout

  • Wednesday, 9 November, 2022
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    Binance set to buy FTX

    TikTok slashes global revenue targets by at least $2bn

  • Wednesday, 9 November, 2022
    TikTok slashes global revenue targets by at least $2bn

    Fast-growing social media platform cuts ambitious goals by 20% as some staff complain of lavish spending

  • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
    TikTok overhauls US business following advertising slump

    Chinese-owned social media platform makes sweeping leadership changes in its largest market

  • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
    TikTok to launch standalone gaming channel

    Dedicated tab on platform’s homepage is company’s first venture beyond videos

  • Friday, 7 October, 2022
    TikTok staff push ahead with work councils

    Employees at Chinese-owned social media platform organise to demand better working conditions

  • Monday, 3 October, 2022
    TikTok’s turnover in Europe surged almost six-fold in 2021

    Social media platform records revenues of more than $990mn but losses also jump after recruiting thousands more staff

  • Saturday, 1 October, 2022
    TikTok to launch live shopping in US using outsourced technology

    Partnership with TalkShopLive comes after in-house experiments with ecommerce in UK struggled to take off

  • Monday, 26 September, 2022
    Style
    The teens making thousands thanks to TikTok

    Young entrepreneurs are exploiting the video platform’s influence to sell clothes IRL

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