-
TikTok influencer Tanya Pardazi dies in skydiving incident in Toronto | World News
admin
A TikTok influencer has died while skydiving in Toronto after her reserve parachute did not have enough time to inflate, according to reports. Tanya Pardazi, 21, who had more than 100,000 followers on TikTok, died on 27 August during her first solo dive after completing a course with Skydive Toronto. She had also taken part…
-
UK Parliament closes down its TikTok account over firm’s China links | Politics News
admin
The UK Parliament has closed down its TikTok account after MPs raised concerns over allegations the company passes data to the Chinese government. A number of members wrote to the speakers in both the Commons and Lords last week calling for the social media account to be ditched, saying they were “surprised and disappointed” it…
-
advertising, Business, competition, drop, Facebook, Meta, News, owner, reports, revenue, sales, TikTok
Facebook owner Meta reports first ever revenue drop amid lower advertising sales and competition from TikTok | Business News
admin
Facebook owner Meta has reported its first ever revenue drop amid lower advertising sales and growing competition from TikTok. The social media giant reported revenue of $28.8bn in the three months to June, down almost 1% from $29.08bn the previous year. The figure was lower than the $28.9bn expected by Wall Street, sending Meta shares…
-
Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner clash with the head of Instagram over ‘TikTok’ redesign | Science & Tech News
admin
The head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, has locked horns with Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner after the pair criticised changes on the social media service as “trying to be TikTok”. The celebrity sisters posted a message to their hundreds of millions of followers stating “Make Instagram Instagram Again” complaining about the company’s new focus on…
-
Teenagers turning to Instagram, TikTok and YouTube for news instead of traditional channels | UK News
admin
Teenagers in the UK are getting their news from social media rather than traditional news channels to stay up to date, new research from Ofcom has found. For the first time Instagram, TikTok and YouTube are now the most popular news sources among 12 to 15-year-olds. The insights were included in the regulator’s News Consumption…