1 – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
Skip to main content

Tiktok Archive

Archives for June 2023

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Did you know you can have the TikTok app open muted by default?

I had completely missed that TikTok added this feature. To flip it on for yourself, go to your profile, then Settings and privacy in the three lines menu, then Playback, and then toggle the Open TikTok on mute option.

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Spotify might try music videos.

Bloomberg reports Spotify “has already begun talking to partners about the product” adding full-length music videos to its app. After Spotify’s podcast plan went awry, it appears the company could try to take a bite out of YouTube (which also deeply integrates videos into its YouTube Music service) and TikTok.

The app’s divisive redesign earlier this year added short video clips with videos of artists discussing music, in addition to the existing Canvas background animations.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
TikTok is financing the creator lawsuit against Montana.

The company has been a key part of user lawsuits before: The Wall Street Journal reported in 2020 that TikTok and ByteDance “orchestrated” a user lawsuit against former President Donald Trump’s TikTok ban.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
TikTok might improve shipping for items bought through TikTok Shop.

The company has signed logistics deals to be able to better compete with e-commerce rivals like Temu and Amazon, according to The Information. Right now, deliveries for TikTok Shop items bought in the US can take more than a week.

TikTok’s COO has quitTikTok’s COO has quit
Emma Roth
The Kia Boys will steal your car for clout

A loose collective of teenage car thieves has stolen tens of thousands of Hyundai and Kia vehicles, often posting the results on YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok.

Taylor Dorrell