TikTok ban in US is looming—Here are 8 alternative platforms to switch to
1 day, 6 hours ago

TikTok ban in US is looming—Here are 8 alternative platforms to switch to

Live Mint  

The fate of TikTok now rests in the hands of the US Supreme Court, which will hear arguments regarding a law that could force its parent company, ByteDance, to sell the popular social media app by January 19. Key features include: Music integration: Users can add popular songs or audio clips to their videos. Key features include: Advanced editing tools: Triller provides powerful video editing options, such as adding filters, text, music, and special effects, aimed at creating high-quality videos. Firework Firework is a short-video platform that focuses on higher-quality video content, providing editing tools and features tailored to help creators produce professional-looking videos. Key features include: Vertical and horizontal videos: Unlike many other platforms that focus solely on vertical videos, Firework allows users to create content in both vertical and horizontal formats.

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Here’s what TikTok users are saying about the looming ban
Trending News
20 hours, 8 minutes ago

Here’s what TikTok users are saying about the looming ban

CNN  

CNN — TikTok creators and users are facing the reality that the popular short-video app will likely be banned in the United States. I might just put the phone down.” Creators bid farewell The TikTok ban could lead to a loss of income for creators, whose partnerships, monetization and followers aren’t guaranteed if they move to other platforms. “If we …

ByteDance’s Lemon8 gains traction amid TikTok ban threat as creators push the app
5 days, 8 hours ago

ByteDance’s Lemon8 gains traction amid TikTok ban threat as creators push the app

Associated Press  

Hearing a lot about Lemon8 lately? Amid a looming U.S. ban on TikTok, content creators have been pushing the platform’s sister app. Lemon8’s popularity could potentially soar further depending on the outcome of a U.S. Supreme Court hearing Friday over a law requiring TikTok to break ties with ByteDance or face a U.S. ban. TikTok said the integration was designed …

TikTok users want SCOTUS to think it’s more about dance videos than Chinese international intrigue
Trending News
5 days, 20 hours ago

TikTok users want SCOTUS to think it’s more about dance videos than Chinese international intrigue

CNN  

CNN — TikTok, the popular social media platform celebrated for its frothy mix of dance videos, cat antics, news clips and recipes, will wage a substantial First Amendment battle at the Supreme Court on Friday. “Most of it consists of things like dance videos, home-repair tutorials, and montages of weekend getaways.” More importantly as a matter of First Amendment protection, …

Small businesses brace themselves for potentially disruptive TikTok ban
1 week, 6 days ago

Small businesses brace themselves for potentially disruptive TikTok ban

Associated Press  

A looming TikTok ban could affect the millions of small businesses that use the short-video social media app to help them grow their business. According to TikTok’s own estimates, small businesses on TikTok would lose more than $1 billion in revenue in a single month if the ban goes into effect. The Justice Department ordered the app’s China-based parent company, …

The 1 Thing You Should Do On TikTok Before A Potential Ban
3 weeks, 4 days ago

The 1 Thing You Should Do On TikTok Before A Potential Ban

Huff Post  

Illustration: Damon Dahlen/HuffPost; Photos: Getty Worried about losing access to your TikToks? Lawmakers behind the TikTok ban said the app’s Chinese owner has national security risks that could allow the Chinese government to gain access to sensitive U.S. data ― an accusation TikTok denies. I’m one of the 170 million Americans who use TikTok every day, and I’ve started downloading …

TikTok lost a major legal bid to avoid a U.S. ban. Now what?
1 month, 1 week ago

TikTok lost a major legal bid to avoid a U.S. ban. Now what?

LA Times  

A visitor passes the TikTok exhibition stands at the Gamescom computer gaming fair in Cologne, Germany, in 2022. “Here the Government acted solely to protect that freedom from a foreign adversary nation and to limit that adversary’s ability to gather data on people in the United States.” Legal experts said they expect TikTok will appeal its case to the Supreme …

YouTube Shorts adds TikTok-like text-to-speech video narration
6 months ago

YouTube Shorts adds TikTok-like text-to-speech video narration

The Hindu  

YouTube announced new features coming for Shorts, some of which are now available. The features include text-to-speech narration for videos that allows creators to make use of artificial intelligence to add voiceover to videos. Creators can use the feature by tapping on the “add voice” icon after creating text in Shorts. The video-sharing platform also launched auto-generated captions that can …

Instagram, YouTube the biggest likely winners of TikTok ban but smaller rivals could rise too
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Instagram, YouTube the biggest likely winners of TikTok ban but smaller rivals could rise too

Associated Press  

Adult U.S. TikTok users spend an average of 54 minutes on the app on any given day, more than Instagram, Snapchat or YouTube, according to research firm eMarketer. “Replicating TikTok’s algorithm is a nearly impossible task, as rival Meta would attest to,” said eMarketer analyst Jasmine Enberg. “TikTok’s ability to serve up relevant and entertaining content to its users is …

A TikTok Stunt Motivates Lawmakers to Take on the App
10 months ago

A TikTok Stunt Motivates Lawmakers to Take on the App

Live Mint  

lawmakers are mounting their most serious attempt to effectively either ban popular video app TikTok or separate it from its Chinese owner, advancing a bill that has more political momentum than previous attempts. “I think TikTok made our case for us today," said Rep. Bob Latta, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce’s panel on communications and technology. “The Administration …

TikTok Faces U.S. Ban in New Draft Bill
10 months, 1 week ago

TikTok Faces U.S. Ban in New Draft Bill

Live Mint  

TikTok, the short-video platform owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance, is facing renewed political pressure in the U.S. from a draft bill that could lead to a ban of its popular video-sharing app. The bill, introduced by Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher, who leads the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and Democrat Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, addresses “foreign adversary-controlled …

TikTok is finally on the decline. Here’s why.
10 months, 3 weeks ago

TikTok is finally on the decline. Here’s why.

Slate  

Don’t look now, but after half a decade of transforming public life on an international scale, TikTok may finally be entering its flop era. Then, there’s also the sharp slowdown in user growth over the past year, widespread annoyance with its ad-heavy push into e-commerce via the “TikTok Shop,” impatience with its never-ending deluge of A.I.–generated spam and misinformation, exhaustion …

Why So Many TikTok Videos Don't Have Sound Anymore
55 years ago

Why So Many TikTok Videos Don't Have Sound Anymore

Wired  

Starting Thursday, the sounds on TikTok have gotten a little quieter. That’s because Universal Music Group has removed its catalog from the video-sharing app after the massive music company failed to reach a licensing agreement with TikTok. Not only will users now be unable to make new videos with official snippets from UMG artists, previously published videos that contain music …

YouTube Shorts explodes in popularity with 96% of Indian youth aged 18-44
1 year, 3 months ago

YouTube Shorts explodes in popularity with 96% of Indian youth aged 18-44

India TV News  

YouTube has solidified its position as the preferred online platform for four out of every five Indian internet users. Furthermore, its short-video creation tool, YouTube Shorts, has witnessed substantial growth, with 96 per cent of users aged 18 to 44 in India embracing the platform. This growth has transcended devices, with 88 per cent of Indian online users aged 18 …

YouTube employees anxious about Shorts' impact on the platform's mainstay content
1 year, 4 months ago

YouTube employees anxious about Shorts' impact on the platform's mainstay content

India TV News  

YouTube Shorts, the short-form video section launched by YouTube in 2020, has garnered substantial popularity since its global release in 2021. However, it now raises concerns among YouTube employees who fear it might overshadow the platform's core business of long-form content. While YouTube introduced Shorts to tap into this trend, the ad revenue from short videos falls short of what …

Instagram reels may soon allow 10-minute videos: All you need to know
1 year, 4 months ago

Instagram reels may soon allow 10-minute videos: All you need to know

India TV News  

There's buzz in the digital world that Instagram Reels, a feature for sharing short videos, might soon allow users to upload videos longer than a minute. This potential development, yet to be officially confirmed by Instagram's parent company Meta, could let users upload videos up to 10 minutes in length, marking a significant shift in the platform's offerings. This alteration …

YouTube adds TikTok-like “Samples” tab in YouTube Music
1 year, 4 months ago

YouTube adds TikTok-like “Samples” tab in YouTube Music

The Hindu  

YouTube is updating its Music app to add a new feature called “Samples” to help users find new music on the platform. The new tab, located between the “Home” and “Explore” tabs in the app is made up of small snippets of music videos, which users can interact with to be directed to the full video of the song. YouTube …

TikTok unveils changes to meet tough new EU rules
1 year, 5 months ago

TikTok unveils changes to meet tough new EU rules

The Hindu  

Video-sharing platform TikTok announced Friday changes to meet strict EU rules including allowing European users to turn off the addictive feature that shows content based on their interests. Heeding that warning, TikTok said it would allow users in Europe "to turn off personalisation", referring to the "For You" feed that keeps people watching videos with recommended content based on their …

YouTube celebrates more than two billion logged-in users watching Shorts every month
1 year, 5 months ago

YouTube celebrates more than two billion logged-in users watching Shorts every month

The Hindu  

YouTube said on Tuesday that its Shorts videos were being watched by more than two billion logged-in users worldwide, as the Google-owned video platform tries to cash in on the booming popularity of short-form videos on social media apps. To celebrate the milestone, YouTube shared six new ways for content creators to make more engaging Shorts on the platform. These …

YouTube Shorts new creation tools: Collab tool, Q&A sticker, and more
1 year, 5 months ago

YouTube Shorts new creation tools: Collab tool, Q&A sticker, and more

India TV News  

YouTube, the popular video-sharing platform owned by Google, has recently introduced exciting new creation tools for its short, vertical videos known as 'YouTube Shorts.' One of the notable additions is the Collab tool, which allows users to create shorts in a side-by-side format with other YouTube or Shorts videos. Viewers participating in the test will see previews of vertical live …

Spotify considers full-length music videos to challenge YouTube Music and TikTok
1 year, 6 months ago

Spotify considers full-length music videos to challenge YouTube Music and TikTok

India TV News  

Spotify is reportedly exploring the addition of full-length music videos to its platform. Citing sources familiar with the matter, a report by Bloomberg reveals Spotify's intention to introduce music videos to better contend with Google-owned YouTube Music and popular short-form video platform TikTok. While Spotify already allows artists to upload GIF images that play alongside their tracks, this feature falls …

Chingari short video app to cut 20% of workforce
1 year, 6 months ago

Chingari short video app to cut 20% of workforce

Live Mint  

Short video app, Chingari, announced a fresh round of layoffs which will impact around 20 per cent of its workforce, according to media reports. The short video app is a rival of brands like Instagram and Snapchat, and gained popularity after the ban of TikTok in June 2020. The company was founded in 2018 and was able to make its …

Why Hollywood’s streaming future probably won’t look like TikTok
1 year, 6 months ago

Why Hollywood’s streaming future probably won’t look like TikTok

LA Times  

In early 2021, as TikTok was devouring Americans’ attention, Netflix launched a feature seemingly tailor-made to compete with the upstart app. “With subscription, you want to feel like you’re getting premium content, star-driven content — and short-form is something that you feel like you can do yourself.” It would also be tough for streaming companies to compete with social media’s …

Montana becomes first U.S. state to ban TikTok
1 year, 7 months ago

Montana becomes first U.S. state to ban TikTok

The Hindu  

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte on Wednesday signed legislation to ban the Chinese-owned short video app TikTok from operating in the state, making it the first U.S. state to ban the popular short video app. TikTok, owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance, said in a statement the bill "infringes on the First Amendment rights of the people of Montana by unlawfully …

TikTok creators contemplate life after possible ban: ‘It all can be taken away’
1 year, 9 months ago

TikTok creators contemplate life after possible ban: ‘It all can be taken away’

Live Mint  

A TikTok ban wouldn’t put Carrie Deming’s bookstore out of business, she said, “but it would make paying the bills a lot harder." Ms. Deming heads to TikTok daily, posting videos of book reviews and highlighting new titles at the store she owns, The Dog Eared Book in Palmyra, N.Y. People have stopped in from as far away as Norway …

TikTok introduces “Series” for users to monetise long-format video collections
1 year, 10 months ago

TikTok introduces “Series” for users to monetise long-format video collections

The Hindu  

The Chinese-owned video app TikTok will allow select creators to put a collection of videos that are around 20 minutes in length behind a paywall as part of a feature known as ‘Series,’ reported Reuters on Wednesday. One Series can have a collection of up to 80 videos, each of which can be 20 minutes in length, according to TikTok’s …

US should consider banning TikTok, says senator
1 year, 11 months ago

US should consider banning TikTok, says senator

Hindustan Times  

United States senator Chuck Schumer believes a proposal to ban popular short-form video hosting service TikTok in the country 'should be looked at'. Meanwhile, Republican senator from Florida Marco Rubio and Angus King, an independent lawmaker from Maine, have reintroduced a new legislation aimed at target TikTok - unless it cuts ties from its current owner, a report by US …

Are Indian Creators Rooting For Short Video Platforms? Find Out
2 years, 1 month ago

Are Indian Creators Rooting For Short Video Platforms? Find Out

News 18  

Stupendous growth in terms of likes, views and shares, and millions of new followers everyday – that’s how social media platforms work. But the ban on Chinese apps by Indian government gave the creator economy a setback and encouraged them to find creative avenues elsewhere and thus gave rise a lot of short video content platforms. The ban on Tiktok …

YouTube launches Shorts with Instagram reels like feature: Know more
2 years, 2 months ago

YouTube launches Shorts with Instagram reels like feature: Know more

India TV News  

YouTube has started rolling out the Shorts feature for TV to its global users. The rival of TikTok- a short-form video app and Instagram Reels have added a feature to enable the user to enjoy trending videos from mobile as well as on a larger screen. The updated YouTube smart TV app will now let users see the popular vertical …

TikTok introduces Photo Mode and expanded editing options for users
2 years, 3 months ago

TikTok introduces Photo Mode and expanded editing options for users

The Hindu  

As social media platforms and tech companies race to copy TikTok’s video-based model for market success, the viral app has introduced a range of features for users to edit their multimedia posts even further and share more photos. TikTok’s new Photo Mode will allow users to share their images, complete with a musical background, so that other viewers can swipe …

Not another TikTok clone! Now Twitter is adding a video feed that can be expanded to full screen
2 years, 3 months ago

Not another TikTok clone! Now Twitter is adding a video feed that can be expanded to full screen

Daily Mail  

Twitter has become the latest online platform to imitate China's TikTok by adding an 'immersive' video experience, following in the footsteps of Instagram and YouTube. The US platform has said it's changing its video player so Twitter users can expand videos to full screen with a single tap. Currently, videos on Twitter only take up part of the screen, but …

YouTube expands monetisation plans to Shorts video creators
2 years, 3 months ago

YouTube expands monetisation plans to Shorts video creators

The Hindu  

Google-owned video platform YouTube announced on September 20 it will expand its monetisation plan, called the YouTube Partner Program, to allow more creators to earn revenue through Shorts videos. “From the overall amount allocated to creators, they will keep 45% of the revenue, distributed based on their share of total Shorts views,” the company said. “Creators can now buy affordable, …

YouTube in challenge to TikTok to give Shorts creators 45% of ad sales
2 years, 3 months ago

YouTube in challenge to TikTok to give Shorts creators 45% of ad sales

The Hindu  

YouTube unveiled a new way for creators to make money on short-form video, as it faces intensifying competition from TikTok. The Google-owned streaming service announced Tuesday that it would introduce advertising on its video feature Shorts and give video creators 45% of the revenue. The internet's dominant video site has struggled to compete with TikTok, the app that got its …

As TikTok eats the world, YouTube makes a bid for creators’ hearts — and wallets
2 years, 3 months ago

As TikTok eats the world, YouTube makes a bid for creators’ hearts — and wallets

LA Times  

SoFi Stadium is reflected in the glass exterior of the new YouTube Theater. Gathered in the company’s historic Spruce Goose hangar Tuesday morning, a host of YouTube leaders laid out a roadmap for the platform’s evolving relationship with both video creators and the music industry, announcing new monetization tools and industry partnerships in the cavernous event space where Howard Hughes …

YouTube Will Allow Creators To Reply To Comments With Shorts
2 years, 3 months ago

YouTube Will Allow Creators To Reply To Comments With Shorts

News 18  

Google-owned YouTube has allowed creators to reply to comments from their fans on their videos with Shorts on iOS devices. The company said that it heard creators’ request to allow them to feature comments posted on their channels in the content on the short-form video app. “Invite your audience to connect with you via this new feature by answering their …

YouTube Will Be Adding Watermark To Every Shorts Video You Download: What It Means
2 years, 4 months ago

YouTube Will Be Adding Watermark To Every Shorts Video You Download: What It Means

News 18  

YouTube Shorts is slowly but surely gaining traction, and the platform is giving it more chances to grow with some new changes. This seems like a move which YouTube believes will help bring more users to the short video medium, as they know the original source of the shared video is from YouTube Shorts. YouTube Shorts goes up against Instagram …

Do not share TikTok videos on Instagram and YouTube- But why?
2 years, 4 months ago

Do not share TikTok videos on Instagram and YouTube- But why?

India TV News  

Instagram and YouTube have introduced new features to discourage the Chinese short-form video platform TikTok. On the other hand, when creators now make a video on YouTube Shorts, they will not be able to download the video and cross-post it to other apps without a "YouTube watermark". "If you're a creator who downloads your Shorts from YouTube Studio to share …

Instagram faces backlash for TikTok-like features, to pause certain features users complained about
2 years, 5 months ago

Instagram faces backlash for TikTok-like features, to pause certain features users complained about

Firstpost  

Just days after Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri doubled down on the recent changes to the app that has made Instagram more like TikTok, the platform has announced that they will be pausing some of the features that users and prominent creators like Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian have complained about. Off late, a user’s feed would just be filled with …

Advantage Instagram, YouTube in short video space
2 years, 5 months ago

Advantage Instagram, YouTube in short video space

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Indian short video platforms may be running out of time to effectively monetize their platforms as Google’s YouTube and Meta’s Instagram muscle into the space. Ramdasan noted that Instagram’s “deeper financial backing" could eventually help it build further on its 10-year monetization plan with Reels. Meta’s India head Ajit Mohan said last July that Indians uploaded 6 million …

TikTok Is More Popular Than YouTube In Most Countries Among Youth And Kids
2 years, 5 months ago

TikTok Is More Popular Than YouTube In Most Countries Among Youth And Kids

News 18  

Kids and teenagers are watching an average of 91 minutes content on Chinese short-video platform TikTok daily compared to just 56 minutes on Google-owned YouTube globally, new data has shown. The TikTok phenomenon began in June 2020 when it started to outrank YouTube in terms of the average minutes per day of watch time by people ages 4 through 18. …

Instagram Now Showing Full-Screen Videos Like TikTok On Your Smartphone: All Details
2 years, 6 months ago

Instagram Now Showing Full-Screen Videos Like TikTok On Your Smartphone: All Details

News 18  

Instagram has a new plan to copy TikTok, and this time you are going to see all its videos and the feed in a full-screen mode. But he is quick to clarify that even with videos as the main focus of the full-screen mode, Instagram will look to keep photos relevant on the platform. “Photos are still an important part …

Facebook planning to make big changes to rival TikTok, leaked memo reveals
2 years, 6 months ago

Facebook planning to make big changes to rival TikTok, leaked memo reveals

India Today  

Instagram introduced TikTok-inspired Reels in 2020, and the company has been slowly adding features to increase its discoverability. According to a leaked memo published by The Verge, Facebook app head Tom Alison wants the platform to incorporate a "Discovery Engine" to offer more personalised short video recommendations similar to TikTok's "For You" feed. The leaked memo indicates that the Reels …

YouTube Shorts a huge hit! Logs 1.5 billion monthly users
2 years, 6 months ago

YouTube Shorts a huge hit! Logs 1.5 billion monthly users

India TV News  

YouTube has recently stated that the shorts on the platform has got a huge followship and every month, around 1.5 billion people spend time watching those short format videos on the platform. Two years after YouTube gave the creators lucrative cash bonuses and expanded features on the platform, which could be similar to TikTok, the platform that brought short format …

Instagram Reels Now Lets You Record Clips For 90 Seconds, Add Own Audio
2 years, 7 months ago

Instagram Reels Now Lets You Record Clips For 90 Seconds, Add Own Audio

News 18  

Instagram is bringing more intrinsic changes to its short-video platform Reels this week. The company is now allowing users to record reels for 90 seconds, instead of the 60-second timeframe available right now. Instagram is betting on Reels big time, especially in markets like India where TikTok is not available for users. Reels is trying to be more like TikTok, …

YouTube Shorts Coming Soon To Your PC And Tablet: All Details
2 years, 8 months ago

YouTube Shorts Coming Soon To Your PC And Tablet: All Details

News 18  

YouTube Shorts, which is the equivalent of TikTok and Instagram Reels is coming soon to your PC and tablet. Since its release, YouTube Shorts has kept itself limited to mobile devices, considering the larger userbase on smartphones. Offering Shorts to the biggest screen would be an intriguing move, and people might actually prefer it watching them on the desktop or …

YouTube Shorts Now Allows Creators To Pick Clips From Any Video On YouTube
2 years, 8 months ago

YouTube Shorts Now Allows Creators To Pick Clips From Any Video On YouTube

News 18  

YouTube has announced that it is now letting creators use video clips from billions of YouTube videos for their Shorts, the company announced in a blog post. YouTube Shorts are the Google-owned video platform?s TikTok and Instagram Reels-like short videos. This new feature on YouTube Shorts is similar to the feature provided on other short-form video apps like Instagram?s Remix …

Instagram Planning To Double Down On Videos, Give More Control To Users In 2022
3 years ago

Instagram Planning To Double Down On Videos, Give More Control To Users In 2022

ABP News  

New Delhi: In a bid to give more power to users, Meta, owned popular photo-sharing app Instagram is mulling to double down on videos on the platform and work more towards giving users more control for better transparency in the coming year. According to Instagram head Adam Mosseri, the company's key priorities for next year will be videos, transparency, creators …

YouTube, TikTok, Snap execs to face US senators on kids’ safety
3 years, 2 months ago

YouTube, TikTok, Snap execs to face US senators on kids’ safety

Al Jazeera  

The platforms are woven into the fabric of young people’s lives, often influencing their dress, dance moves and diet. Bearing down on hugely popular social media platforms and their impact on children, the leaders of a United States Senate panel have called executives from YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat to face questions about what their companies are doing to ensure young …

TikTok Says It Has Over 1 Billion Active Users In Just Four Years After Launch
3 years, 3 months ago

TikTok Says It Has Over 1 Billion Active Users In Just Four Years After Launch

News 18  

TikTok said Monday it now has more than a billion active users, just four years after the hugely popular video-sharing app was launched by Chinese group ByteDance. Already popular before the coronavirus pandemic – mainly due to its viral choreography set to pop songs – TikTok received a major boost amid lockdowns, school closures and telecommuting. The ByteDance subsidiary, whose …

TikTok will automatically remove content related to nudity, violence from its platform
3 years, 6 months ago

TikTok will automatically remove content related to nudity, violence from its platform

India Today  

TikTok will now automatically remove obscene content from its platform. If there is content related to minor safety, nudity, sexual activities, illegal activities and regulated goods, the videos will be yanked immediately. This goes completely against TikTok’s guidelines, the app does not allow users below 13 to post videos on its platform. As per the latest reports, a few TikTok …

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