News TikTok Users Can Now Downvote Comments After testing it for several months, TikTok has officially introduced the new downvote button that will let users easily flag irrelevant or inappropriate comments.
News TikTok Launches Its Own Memoji-Like Digital Avatars To use the feature, you should open the app, switch your camera to selfie mode, open the effects section and select the Avatar effect. You can then either use the preset avatar or tap "new" to create your own avatar.
News TikTok Adds New Tools for Tagging and Crediting Creators TikTok is rolling out a new tool that aims to encourage users to tag, mention, or credit the creators who inspired their videos, as well as learn the importance of crediting in the digital space.
News TikTok Becomes the World's Most Popular Website Cloudflare's latest analytical report indicates that TikTok became the most visited website in 2021. The Chinese social network managed to overtake the domain of Google.com, which was leading in 2020.
News Chinese TikTok Adds a 40-Minute Time Limit for Kids The new Youth Mode introduced by ByteDance suggests limiting the use of the Douyin app to 40 minutes a day for kids under 14 years old. They will also not be able to access the app at all at night from 10 PM to 6 AM.
News TikTok Will Turn Off Late-Night Notifications for Teens One of the most notable changes is related to push notifications. From now on, user accounts of teenagers aged 13-15 will no longer receive push notifications after 9PM, and teens aged 16-17 will stop receiving them after 10PM.
News TikTok Began Testing a Job Hiring Service for Gen Z In the new service, brands can publish vacancies and job openings, whereas users can share not a regular resume, but a TikTok-style video. This way, they will have a unique opportunity to talk about themselves and their work experience.
News TikTok Started Testing In-App Shopping Features The reports state that TikTok is already working with sellers in Europe as well as in the United Kingdom, providing tools that will let them sell their goods to millions of users directly on the social media platform.
BigTech Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter Ban Accounts With Stolen Rare Usernames Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok banned hundreds of hacked accounts and sold them for their single word usernames.
