The race is on to find out: TechCrunch reports that TikTok is testing 15-minute video uploads, an increase of 5 minutes from the current max time. YouTube, meanwhile, is all in with Shorts as its answer to TikTok’s vertical, mobile-first format.
Ben Davis wrote a review of artist Devon Rodriguez’s solo show called “Underground,” a nod to how Rodriguez rose to fame: doing portraits of fellow subway riders, giving them the portraits, and posting the whole thing to TikTok.
I tend to view the existence of a review as someone taking art seriously — even if the reviewer doesn’t like the art, it was worth considering thoughtfully. Rodriguez didn’t see it that way, and now Davis is writing about what happens when social media and the art world interact.
First was X, then came Meta, now TikTok has put out a blog post on its moderation policies in response to EU commissioner Thierry Breton. The video platform says it’s removed over 500,000 videos and 8,000 livestreams in the region since the attacks on October 7th, and has also added more Arabic and Hebrew-speaking moderators to its ranks.
Especially if they’re selling tens of thousands of products on TikTok Shop without the infrastructure to fulfill orders.
An Insider report on the viral products sold on TikTok (like a $44 pickle jar sweatshirt) suggests sales ebb and flow — merchants are sometimes overwhelmed with orders, and other times working through dry spells.
Paramount already removed its full upload of Mean Girls across 23 video clips. Seems the promotion was a Mean Girls Day-only event, sadly.
