Hacker News with Generative AI: TikTok

TikTok could bypass US blockade by making a PWA (lukaszolejnik.com)
The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act is a significant moment for both technology and geopolitics.
TikTok, Geopolitics, US Government, Technology
24 points by lknik 5 hours ago | 13 comments
Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline (cnbc.com)
Supreme Court, TikTok, Government, Law, Politics
807 points by kjhughes 10 hours ago | 2045 comments
Supreme Court Backs Law Requiring TikTok to Be Sold or Banned (nytimes.com)
The Supreme Court ruled against TikTok on Friday, rejecting the social media company’s First Amendment challenge to the law that effectively bans it in the United States starting on Sunday.
Supreme Court, Social Media, TikTok, Law, First Amendment
6 points by boulos 10 hours ago | 3 comments
Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban (techcrunch.com)
The Supreme Court has upheld the law that will effectively ban TikTok on Sunday, January 19.
Supreme Court, TikTok, Law, Social Media, United States
10 points by mikece 10 hours ago | 2 comments
TikTok vs. Garland Opinion [pdf] (supremecourt.gov)
TikTok, Law, Government, Supreme Court
12 points by easton 11 hours ago | 1 comments
Loops – A Fediverse TikTok Alternative (loops.video)
Loops is a short video sharing platform.
Social Media, Video Sharing, Short-Form Video, TikTok, Fediverse
11 points by mikae1 2 days ago | 1 comments
TikTok users flock to Chinese app RedNote before US ban (bbc.com)
TikTok users in the US are migrating to a Chinese app called RedNote with the threat of a ban just days away.
Social Media, China, TikTok, Censorship
16 points by segasaturn 3 days ago | 12 comments
What is RedNote, the Chinese social media app that US TikTokers are flocking to? (cnn.com)
Social Media, China, TikTok, United States
14 points by bloomingkales 4 days ago | 9 comments
Chinese officials reportedly discuss sale of TikTok in US to Elon Musk (theguardian.com)
Chinese officials are in preliminary talks about a potential option to sell TikTok’s operations in the United States to billionaire Elon Musk, should the short-video app be unable to avoid an impending ban, Bloomberg News reported on Monday.
TikTok, Elon Musk, China, United States, Social Media
5 points by nickcotter 4 days ago | 1 comments
China considers selling TikTok U.S. operations to Musk, Bloomberg reports (cnbc.com)
China, TikTok, Elon Musk, Business, Social Media
6 points by thesecretceo 4 days ago | 1 comments
China is reportedly open to Elon Musk acquiring TikTok US (techcrunch.com)
Chinese government officials have reportedly discussed a scenario where ByteDance sells TikTok’s United States arm to Elon Musk, should the Supreme Court uphold the law banning the app on January 19.
China, TikTok, Elon Musk, Social Media, US Government
6 points by impish9208 4 days ago | 2 comments
China Discusses Sale of TikTok US to Musk as One Possible Option (bloomberg.com)
Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on the short-video app, according to people familiar with the matter.
China, TikTok, Elon Musk, Social Media, International Relations
31 points by gnabgib 4 days ago | 35 comments
TikTok Says It Will 'Go Dark' Without US Court Intervention (businessinsider.com)
TikTok said it would "go dark" in the US later this month if the Supreme Court failed to extend a January 19 divestment deadline set by a divest-or-ban law.
TikTok, Legal Disputes, Social Media, Government Regulations, United States
19 points by this_weekend 7 days ago | 31 comments
The Supreme Court doesn't seem likely to save TikTok (vox.com)
If you’re a professional TikTok creator, it’s probably time to get a new job.
Supreme Court, TikTok, Social Media, Law
6 points by rntn 7 days ago | 1 comments
TikTok knew its livestreaming feature allowed child exploitation, allegedly (theguardian.com)
TikTok has long been aware that its video livestream feature has been misused to harm children, according to newly revealed details in a lawsuit brought against the social media company by the state of Utah.
Social Media, Child Safety, Lawsuits, TikTok, Technology
4 points by vinni2 13 days ago | 0 comments
Trump told SCOTUS he plans to make a deal to save TikTok (arstechnica.com)
In the weeks before Donald Trump takes office, he has moved to delay a nationwide TikTok ban from taking effect until he has a chance to make a deal on his own terms that he believes could allow TikTok to continue operating in the US without posing a national security threat.
Politics, TikTok, National Security
7 points by ralphsebastian 16 days ago | 2 comments
Albania to Ban TikTok for a Year (news.sky.com)
The Albanian government plans to block access to TikTok for a year after the killing of a 14-year-old boy led to concerns about social media's influence on children.
Albania, Social Media, TikTok, Government Regulation, Children
5 points by austinallegro 27 days ago | 0 comments
Albania to close TikTok for a year blaming it for violence among children (apnews.com)
Albania’s prime minister said Saturday the government will shut down the video service TikTok for one year, blaming it for inciting violence and bullying, especially among children.
Albania, TikTok, Social Media, Censorship, Child Safety
8 points by pseudolus 27 days ago | 0 comments
U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments over TikTok divestment law (cnbc.com)
Politics, Law, Social Media, TikTok
39 points by pseudolus 30 days ago | 73 comments
EU Commission opens formal proceedings against TikTok on election risks (europa.eu)
EU, TikTok, Elections, Regulation, Social Media
8 points by GeoAtreides 32 days ago | 1 comments
TikTok's Future in the US Is Unclear (wired.com)
TikTok is officially on the chopping block, friends.
TikTok, Social Media, United States, Government Regulation, Censorship
8 points by marban 34 days ago | 8 comments
Apple and Google instructed by House committee to prepare to dump TikTok (cnbc.com)
Apple, Google, TikTok, Government Regulation, Social Media
10 points by mfiguiere 35 days ago | 2 comments
TikTok divestment law upheld by federal appeals court (cnbc.com)
TikTok, Law, Social Media, Business, Government
298 points by belter 42 days ago | 507 comments
Nearly 90% of our AI crawler traffic is from ByteDance (haproxy.com)
This month, Fortune.com reported that TikTok’s web scraper — known as Bytespider — is aggressively sucking up content to fuel generative AI models. We noticed the same thing when looking at bot management analytics produced by HAProxy Edge — our global network that we ourselves use to serve traffic for haproxy.com. Some of the numbers we are seeing are fairly shocking, so let’s review the traffic sources and where they originate.
AI, Web Scraping, Traffic Analysis, Generative AI, TikTok
95 points by jcat123 78 days ago | 43 comments
TikTok founder becomes China's richest man (bbc.com)
The surging global popularity of TikTok has seen the co-founder of its parent company, ByteDance, become China's richest person.
TikTok, China, Wealth, Business, Social Media
4 points by peutetre 79 days ago | 0 comments
TikTok executives know about app's effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege (npr.org)
For the first time, internal TikTok communications have been made public that show a company unconcerned with the harms the app poses for American teenagers. This is despite its own research validating many child safety concerns.
Social Media, Teenagers, Lawsuits, TikTok, Research
9 points by fahrbach 95 days ago | 5 comments
TikTok executives know about app's effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege (npr.org)
For the first time, internal TikTok communications have been made public that show a company unconcerned with the harms the app poses for American teenagers. This is despite its own research validating many child safety concerns.
Social Media, Teenagers, Lawsuits, TikTok, Research
7 points by ffujdefvjg 98 days ago | 1 comments
TikTok hit by over a dozen state lawsuits for allegedly harming teens (theverge.com)
Attorneys general from 14 states and districts sued TikTok for allegedly harming kids’ mental health and misleading the public about how safe its platform is.
Social Media, Lawsuits, TikTok
9 points by pseudolus 101 days ago | 1 comments
Dozen states sue TikTok over app's effect on kids' mental health (cnbc.com)
Social Media, Lawsuits, Mental Health, Children, TikTok
11 points by donsupreme 101 days ago | 0 comments
China's silence on US TikTok ban speaks volumes (channelnewsasia.com)
Beijing has been rather quiet as TikTok, the first globally successful app born from its domestic tech sector, fights for its life in the US.
China, Social Media, International Relations, Censorship, TikTok
13 points by cen4 113 days ago | 1 comments