TikTok

video-focused social media and social networking service owned by ByteDance

TikTok, known in China as Douyin (Chinese: 抖音; pinyin: Dǒuyīn), is a short-form video hosting service owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. It hosts a variety of user-submitted videos, from content such as pranks, stunts, tricks, jokes and dance, with durations from 15 seconds to ten minutes.

Quotes about TikTok

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  • Defendants did not create the Challenge; rather, they made it readily available on their site. Defendants’ algorithm was a way to bring the Challenge to the attention of those likely to be most interested in it. In thus promoting the work of others, Defendants published that work — exactly the activity Section 230 shields from liability.
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  • "Pakistan Wants to Ban TikTok for “Immorality”" by Marco Respinti, Bitter Winter (January 6, 2024)
  • "How TikTok Killed The Preteen Era by Evita Duffy-Alfonso, The Federalist (January 6, 2024)