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A new Pew report about teens and social media reveals something you probably could already guess: Parents are more concerned that teens are watching too much TikTok than teens are. Loading audio narration… Among respondents, 44% of parents say their teen spends too much time on TikTok, while only 28%…
AI apps that let users digitally undress people in photos are using TikTok to find new customers. Loading audio narration… An investigation by the AI content detection service Copyleaks, shared exclusively with Business Insider, found that TikTok hosted more than 50 sexually suggestive ads for apps and websites that promoted…
Kelly He-Sun landed one of the corporate world’s most competitive jobs as a consultant at Boston Consulting Group and got promoted to a project leader by age 25. Loading audio narration… But she didn’t see herself doing consulting forever, so in 2024, she quit after almost six years. She planned…
TikTok is getting serious about mini dramas. It recently began testing a dedicated short drama feed in the US and a few other markets. Now it’s preparing to make its own shows.The company is casting for a new short-drama production this month, recruiting actors for a soap opera-style project, according…
Brace yourself for raunchy mini dramas in your TikTok feed.TikTok has begun a limited test of a new mini-drama feed in its app, dubbed “TikTok Short Drama,” a company spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider.The feature looks a lot like TikTok’s separate mini-drama app, PineDrama, but appears in the main app…
When four “finance boys” went viral last week for their Loro Piana- and Hermés-studded photo shoot, they violated more than the sacrosanct rule of not outdressing your boss. They brought Wall Street banks into the memeosphere, attracting publicity that has clashed with the hush-hush world of high finance.Demarre Johnson, a…
Sofia Hernandez, TikTok’s global head of business marketing and commercial partnerships, is leaving the company, according to a memo sent by global business solutions lead Will Liu. Loading audio narration… Hernandez worked at TikTok and ByteDance for nearly six years. She initially focused on marketing related to the company’s advertising…
For years, Brittany Nemandoust struggled to keep her small business afloat.Chocbox, her DIY chocolate-making kit company, started as a pandemic project after shutdowns left her temporarily out of work as a dental hygienist. When she returned to the dental office, the business remained a side hustle.Sales fluctuated, spiking over the…
A sad baby monkey has turned an Ikea plushie into a viral must-have.Punch, also known as Panchi-kun, is a seven-month-old Japanese macaque born in July. His mother abandoned him shortly after birth, and he was later rejected by other monkeys at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan. To soothe him, zookeepers…
