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TikTok

TikTok
TikTok
Latest news and updates on TikTok, the globally popular social media platform. The app, which merged with Musical.ly in 2018, lets users create short videos under a minute long complete with visual effects and background music. It has since come under scrutiny in countries like the US and India because it is owned by a Chinese company. Critics have accused the app of posing a national security risk, a claim that TikTok has repeatedly denied. Known as Douyin in China, the app is owned by Beijing-based startup ByteDance, also behind the Chinese news aggregator Jinri Toutiao.
Chairman / President
Zhang Yiming
CEO / Managing Director
Shou Zi Chew
CFO / Finance Director
Julie Gao
Industry
Social Media
Website
tiktok.com
Headquarters address
Culver City, 5800 Bristol Pkwy, United States
Year founded
2016
The logo of video app TikTok seen at the company’s office in Culver City, Los Angeles. Photo: AFP
An illustration of rhe TikTok app icon on a mobile phone. Photo: Reuters
Social media

TikTok settles lawsuit with Alabama for at least US$100m, to apply safety steps

Alabama has claimed TikTok’s algorithm pushes young users towards increasingly intense content about violence and self-harm.

Hong Kong society

Legislation among options to regulate minors’ social media use: justice minister

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France

French authorities target ‘pervert’ glasses street trend

Hong Kong sports

Is this the reel life? Sports confront new world of social media, influencers

While some event organisers ban or limit the presence of mobile phones, many encourage their constructive use.

Football fans at the Hong Kong Stadium staged Saudi Super Cup final between Al-Nassr and Al-Ahli in August last year. Photo: Elson Li
Thailand

Thailand makes weight-loss pens prescription-only to counter abuse

The country’s consumer watchdog aims to help patients receive ‘higher quality, safer, and more appropriate for their treatment’.

European Union

EU to propose curbing social media, online games for under 15s

The European Commission has come under pressure from some EU member states to take bloc-wide measures to protect children.

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Vietnam

Asian Angle | Politics aside, young Vietnamese are warming to China

Hit dramas, trendy consumer brands and economic opportunity are drawing a new generation into China’s cultural orbit.

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Young Vietnamese women in Hanoi wave Chinese and Vietnamese flags ahead of state visit by China's president in 2001. Photo: AFP
A woman reads a document inside the Temple of Literature, a temple dedicated to ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius, in Hanoi, Vietnam last year. Photo: AFP
Children wave Vietnamese and Chinese flags during a welcome ceremony for China’s President Xi Jinping in Hanoi in 2023. Photo: AFP
Australia

Trump slams Australia’s social media crackdown as ‘extortion’

The White House warns Australia over its proposed algorithm opt-out bill, as Anthony Albanese defends national sovereignty.

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Artificial intelligence

‘Slop’ purge: Chinese watchdog scrubs millions of harmful AI posts

Clampdown sweeps across 2,400 websites and apps as cyberspace watchdog escalates fight against generative tech abuse.

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United States

Trump’s North Korea hope, China’s rocket force: 7 global relations reads

From plans that could upend the US elections to Canada tariffs, here are highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents in August 2026.

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force formation attends a military parade in Beijing in September 2025. Photo: Xinhua
Singapore

Singapore may require social media firms to set daily time limits for teens

If a social media platform does not want to introduce stronger safeguards, Singapore may require it to raise the minimum age of access to 18.

A group of students attending class in a school in Singapore. Photo: Shutterstock
The Philippines

Philippine Roblox ban call sparks wider debate over children’s online safety

The online gaming platform has been blamed for the rise in school shootings and child sexual exploitation cases in Southeast Asia.

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Get to Know

Who is Stella Lefty’s boyfriend, viral country star Vincent Mason?

Inspired by John Mayer, the rising musician co-wrote ‘Something to Lose’ with Lefty and joined her to perform the track at Lollapalooza 2026.

Get to Know

Meet rising Slovak pop star Adéla’s boyfriend, music producer Jackson Shanks

He has been dating the rising Slovak pop star and ‘Ain’t In LA’ singer for a year, having first been spotted together at a Sabrina Carpenter concert last November.

Pop star Adéla Jergová and music producer Jackson Shanks have been dating for a year. Photo: @myleshendrik/Instagram
China-Latin America relations

Brazil fines TikTok record US$30 million for profiting from children’s data

ByteDance penalised for allegedly collecting data from 1 in 5 Brazilian children and failing to block minors from using TikTok.

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TikTok has faced mounting regulatory scrutiny around the world over child safety, age verification and the collection and use of young users’ data. Photo: TNS
Britain

UK police arrest 12 after deadly wrong-way crash that killed 7

Police have denied the collision on Saturday was linked to filming for the TikTok online platform.

New Zealand

New Zealand moves to ban social media for under-16s

Wellington is proposing fines of up to 10 per cent of global turnover for tech firms, but a coalition partner has vowed to block the measure.

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Britain

7 dead in UK after vehicle travelling in wrong direction hits police car

Following recent head-on crashes in Ireland, police have warned that some young people are driving the wrong way ‘for social media ‌likes’.

Police officers at the scene of a fatal crash involving a police car and a Volkswagen in South Bank, near Middlesbrough, England, UK on Saturday. Photo: PA via AP
Get to Know

Meet Jonathan Daviss, the Outer Banks actor who will play Snoop Dogg next

As the Netflix hit draws to a close, the actor playing the brains of the Pogues bids an emotional farewell to co-stars Madelyn Cline, Chase Stokes and more.

US-China relations

TikTok, ByteDance agree to US$400 million settlement with US government

TikTok will pay US$300 million immediately and an additional US$100 million after entering an order vacating a prior consent decree.

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Get to Know

Who is The Rizzler? Meet the viral 10-year-old Christian Joseph

The viral internet meme personality, who rose to fame after wearing a Black Panther costume, has appeared on Jimmy Fallon’s show and met John Cena.

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Internet celebrity The Rizzler, whose real name is Christian Joseph, is known for his “rizz face” expression. Photo: @itztherealrizzler/Instagram
Get to Know

Meet Hayes Warner, the pop singer who plays Debbie in The Shards

Known for her TikTok hit ‘Breadcrumbs’, she stars in the erotic thriller adapted by Ryan Murphy, alongside Kaia Gerber and Evan Rachel Wood.

Kaia Gerber and Hayes Warner (right) attend a launch party for FX’s The Shards in Glendale, California, on August 5. Photo: Getty Images/AFP
Fame and celebrity

Meet Jenna Ortega’s supportive sister Aliyah, who’s a nursing student

The Wednesday actress recently drew concern over her physique, and her younger sibling commented on a fan’s Instagram post defending the star.

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Social media

Chinamaxxing: is it really about China or Gen Z fleeing Western fatigue?

From viral candy wrappers to hot water routines, Western Gen Z appears obsessed with all things China. But is it true love?

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Britain

UK PM Andy Burnham shifts focus to TikTok and podcasts

The British prime minister is bypassing traditional outlets with deft digital strategy, sparking praise from young voters and pushback from legacy media.

Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham during a visit to the Met Office, a weather and climate service in the UK, on Friday. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

From TikTok to war weariness, a new generation of Americans’ view of China

On US college campuses, a generation shaped by China’s rise is challenging the assumptions behind Washington’s approach to Beijing.

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Students on US university campuses are increasingly questioning the long-held assumptions behind Washington’s China policy, according to their professors. Photo: TNS
Get to Know

Meet Sienna Spiro, the 20-year-old British singer likened to Adele and Lana Del Rey

The Gen-Z songstress’ father is famed jeweller Glenn Spiro, who crafted the controversial Iranian artefact earrings Zendaya wore to an event for The Odyssey.

Food and Drinks

Interview: Nick and Henry Burch on Butter Baby’s mad, whimsical universe

Founded by the American fashion designer’s twin sons, the Jakarta doughnut phenomenon counts Jackson Wang and North West among its fans.

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