On Monday, Variety reported that RoseBerry Media is recutting episodes of the Australian soap opera Neighbours “into microdramas.” These clips will be available on Epis, a short-form vertical video streaming platform. Though Neighbours ran for 41 seasons from 1985 to 2025, at launch, RoseBerry is only recutting two storylines from the late aughts focused on […]
A Tokyo court ruled on Wednesday that Japanese law protects the human voice. Anime voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda had sued TikTok over videos he says used an AI clone of his voice. He won in part, as the court turned down his request to remove the videos, A…
YouTube and Meta will now run paid ads for Musk, Alex Gibney’s documentary about Elon Musk, The Hollywood Reporter reported on Saturday. Both had refused the trailer ad. TikTok and X are still not running it. The outlet first reported the refusals on F…
TikTok will pay Alabama at least $100 million in a settlement tied to allegations that the short-form video platform misled users about safety and was designed to addict children.
TikTok has agreed to pay Alabama at least $100m to settle the state’s lawsuit over the app’s effect on children, Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office said on Friday. The case had been due to go to trial on Monday. The first payment is due within 45…
TikTok’s US business has joined Lantern, a program that lets tech companies share warning signs about people who sexually exploit children as they move from one platform to another, TechCrunch reported. The member is TikTok USDS Joint Venture, a majori…
Eight months after establishing a U.S. based joint venture, TikTok is getting on board fellow platforms to support industry-wide child safety work.
A federal judge in Los Angeles has tentatively refused to lift the consent decree imposed on Musical.ly, the app ByteDance bought and turned into TikTok. Vlad Savov and Josh Sisco reported the ruling for Bloomberg, which said Judge George H. Wu intends…
Euka has built its business helping brands recruit and manage the creators who sell their products on TikTok Shop. Now, it wants to follow those brands onto other platforms. The creator economy startup is launching an Instagram integration alongside Sh…
ByteDance closed a $290M funding round for Anew Labs, its newly spun-off AI drug discovery unit, at a $1.5B valuation, Reuters reports, citing two sources familiar with the matter. Moreover, the company that owns TikTok will retain 56% of the business …