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“Most of (these livestream guidelines) are either no longer in use, or in some cases appear to never have been in place,” TikTok spokesperson Josh Gartner told The Intercept. Mr Gartner added that the rules around suppressing videos with unattractive, disabled or poor users “represented an early blunt attempt at preventing bullying, but are no longer in place, and were already out of use when The Intercept obtained them.” … [Read more...] about TikTok buried videos of ugly, poor, obese and disabled users

Most recently, the #ShoeChallenge has become a popular hashtag on the platform, where users can be seen solving the problem of having too many pairs of footwear. The hashtag has garnered over 780 million views with creators such as Shereen Lovebug, Aakriti Rana, Niki Mehra, Kritika Khurana, Rishxpress taking #ShoeChallenge. … [Read more...] about Jacqueline Fernandez, Riteish Deshmukh, Shereen Lovebug: Celebrities and influencers turn to fashion on TikTok

The ministry in separate communications asked social media companies to remove the content as it weakens the government effort to fight against coronavirus and the Supreme Court has also taken serious note of such content while hearing a matter on the subject on March 31, 2020. "The ministry has said that the rogue messages effectively weaken the all-out effort being made by the India government for containing the spread of coronavirus," the source said. The communication from MeitY follows after a report submitted by open-source intelligence and fact-checking IT firm Voyager Infosec stated that several videos are being posted on social media platforms like Tiktok, Youtube and Twitter to influence Muslims in India against following safe practices to contain coronavirus infection. The firm found that videos have been shot at both foreign locations and in India and are being primarily posted on Chinese mobile video app Tiktok with fake information about coronavirus and religious … [Read more...] about Tiktok, Facebook asked to remove messages spreading COVID-19 misinformation

Urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps to spread hate mongering on social media, the All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (Apex Confederation of Muslim Organisations) chief Navaid Hamid alleged that 30,000 “fake clips are in circulation on TikTok to spread disinformation that Muslims are spreading COVID-19 in the country” and that “these clips are creating tensions between communities across India”. … [Read more...] about COVID-19 brought the best and worst out of TikTok

Shared on TikTok, the video shows the man sitting in front of the cake with his mask on. In the background, you can hear people singing Happy Birthday. Within seconds, he brings out a hairdryer to blow the candles and you can still hear people cheering. Eventually, the camera pans to the opposite direction and reveals who was cheering all along. And, it’s an ingenious idea that may give you some inspiration too. … [Read more...] about Man shows how to celebrate birthday during lockdown. It’s hilariously genius