People post TikTok-loaded phones for thousands on eBay, Facebook
People are listing phones preloaded with TikTok on eBay, Facebook marketplace, and other online storefronts. View on euronews
US TikTok users scramble, despair as Bytedance signals app shutdown
Disappointment, denial and confusion flooded US TikTok upon hearing that Chinese owner ByteDance planned to shut off the app by Sunday.
People are hawking used iPhones with TikTok pre-installed at astronomical prices on eBay and Facebook Marketplace
Business Insider's scan of platforms like eBay and Facebook Marketplace showed hundreds of listings touting phones with TikTok and CapCut installed.
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US TikTok Users Disappointed As Bytedance Waves The ‘White Flag’
U.S. TikTok users were engulfed in disappointment, denial, and uncertainty on Wednesday after learning that Chinese owner ByteDance intended to shut down the app for its 170 million U.S. users by Sunday.
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TikTokers offered $5,000 to join Facebook and Instagram
Users must post at least 20 reels on Facebook and 10 reels on Instagram ... This is not the first move by Meta to go after ByteDance's users. On Sunday, the firm announced Edits, an app strikingly ...
Instagram capitalises on US apps ban with a timely, useful clone
With popular applications missing from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store in the US thanks to a ban (which looks set to be repealed by President Trump once he is sworn in), Facebook and Instagram-owner Meta has swooped in to scoop up content creators left adrift.
People are hawking TikTok-loaded phones for thousands on eBay, Facebook
People are listing phones preloaded with TikTok for tens of thousands of dollars on eBay, Facebook marketplace and other online storefronts
Used iPhones loaded with TikTok are on sale for astronomical amounts — even $50,000
Phones are going for thousands of dollars on online storefronts after Apple and Google took down ByteDance platforms.
TikTok sued in France for ’brainwashing teens into suicide’; ByteDance refutes allegations
Three years after a tragic suicide linked to TikTok’s harmful content, a mother and six families have sued the platform for failing to moderate dangerous material. They claim the algorithm targets vulnerable users,