Nationalistic fervor nets TikTok rival Chingari 2.5 million downloads, but users want improvements fast

Indians have embraced the home-grown app with gusto: In the first 72 hours, it had 500,000 downloads, and by the next 10 days, 2.5 million.

‘TikTok Grandma’ whose call to action led to poor show at Trump rally will work to get Biden elected

Mary Jo Laupp’s TikTok video was viewed over two million times and boosted by American fans of South Korean pop music, also known as K-pop.

The tech-savvy teens mobilised online and reserved tickets for Trump’s Tulsa campaign rally with no intention of attending.

Among measures urged is a “meaningful” sanctions regime so co-signatories of the 'Code of Good Practice' have an incentive to act.

One of the most popular apps in India, TikTok says its features empower parents as well as teenagers themselves to protect their privacy.

Because of liberal laws based on principles of free speech on most dominant online platforms, misinformation is often allowed to stay up.

Open up and offer more evidence that measures taken are working well, European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova says.

The app is available in multiple languages including English, Hindi, Bangla, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu.

Its spread illustrates how easy it is to use social media as a megaphone for dubious content, and how difficult for platforms to remove it.

Strategists worry that Biden is dangerously behind Trump on key metrics across platforms including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.