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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
TopicTik tok

Topic: Tik tok

How TikTok influencers are building trust by giving negative reviews of products

A new UK study explores why people lose trust in the influencers they have so revered, and what influencers do to regain that trust.

Haryana BJP leader and former TikTok star Sonali Phogat dies of heart attack in Goa

Phogat had unsuccessfully contested the last assembly election from Haryana's Adampur assembly constituency against Kuldeep Bishnoi, a former Congress MLA who recently joined BJP.

Taliban ban TikTok in Afghanistan as part of moral policing drive

The Taliban cabinet has also decided to block the popular South Korean PUBG battlegrounds game and bar Afghan television channels from airing 'immoral' content.

Why TikTok should serve as a wake-up call for economists

Economists are judged not for analytics, but rather by how they fit into various moral codes. Like it or not, that is something economists have to come to terms with.

Vulgarity monitors for TikTok is the new thing in Pakistan after four bans

TikTok and Pakistan have a love-hate relationship—the app was banned for the fourth time this year due to pressure from conservative groups to moderate content.

US revoking Trump-era order banning TikTok, WeChat a ‘positive step’, says China

Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesperson Gao Feng further said that the US should treat Chinese companies in a non-discriminatory manner and refrain from politicising trade issues.

Gen Z is calling millennials uncool in a new war. Boomers can relax now

If we wanted to largely divide the world into Boomers and non-Boomers; we've miserably failed. The monopoly of millennials over culture seems to be ending.

In TikTok sale, Microsoft is no loser and oracle no winner

Despite Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison’s backing for Trump, there’s no guarantee the separation of TikTok from ByteDance will be clean enough to pass White House muster. 

Trump won’t extend deadline for TikTok to arrange US sale

The parties are still racing to present a preliminary deal to the White House before this month’s deadline, though no agreement could be finalized before Beijing’s sign-off.

TikTok CEO gets out of Trump’s firing line, quits just 4 months into the job

The role of Kevin Mayer, who joined as CEO in May after leaving one of the top jobs at The Walt Disney Co, has been in question for weeks following Trump's move to ban the app in US.

On Camera

Rajeev Chandrashekhar is modern, moderate. But tragically loyal to bigoted BJP

Rajeev Chandrasekhar is up against Shashi Tharoor in Thiruvananthapuram. He’s marketing himself to a state that has traditionally radiated contempt for the BJP.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

‘No brides for Agniveers’: In Rajasthan’s ‘Shaheedon ki nagri’, few takers for defence coaching centres

Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.