User:Templejoe2000/TikTok
Edits to be made on TikTok:
- Change The social media platform is used to make a variety of short-form video, from genres like dance, comedy, and education.
- Change TikTok and Douyin have almost the same user interface, but no access to each other's content.
- Change In 2020 on August 3rd, US President Donald Trump threatened to ban TikTok in the United States on September 15th if negotiations for the company to be bought by Microsoft or a different "very American" company fail.
- Change On August 6th, Trump signed two executive orders banning US "transactions" with TikTok and WeChat to its parent company, ByteDance, set to take effect 45 days after the signing. The planned banning of the app on September 20th of 2020 has been postponed by a week.
- Change On September 3rd of 2019, TikTok and the US National Football League (NFL) announced a multi-year partnership.
- Under "Features & Trends", the section discussing the "For You" page should be moved up to under the section discussing how public and private videos work on the platform.
Under "Country Bans & Attempted Bans"
- On October 11th, 2020, Pakistan became the next country to ban the social media platform after not complying with issues regarding the content on the platform brought up by their government. TikTok representatives are currently speaking with Pakistani officials in hopes of building better relations and allowing the people of Pakistan to create on the platform.[1]
Under "Viral Trends"
- Starting in October of 2020, a trend has started with Parents dismissing their own kids. A video following this trend shows the parent holding the phone and staring at the camera, showing their child in the background not facing the camera, with on-screen text [2]
New Section "Creator Brand Opportunities from the Platform
- Popular TikTok user Charli D'Amelio has been able to work with many brands and companies from her success on the platform. Charli has collaborated with coffee brand Dunkin Donuts with her own drink called "The Charli". The collaboration drove Dunkin App downloads up to 57% and resulted in higher sales of cold brew.[3]
References
- ^ Masood, Salman (2020-10-11). "Pakistan Bans TikTok, Citing Morals. Others Cite Politics". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ Frishberg, Hannah (2020-10-16). "Parents verbally trash their own kids in brutal TikTok trend". New York Post. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- ^ Taylor, Kate. "Fast-food giants like Chipotle and Dunkin' are doubling down on TikTok. Here are the top 7 brands winning over Gen Z customers". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-10-26.