Let's Talk TikTok
Let's Talk TikTok
TikTok/ByteDance business, corporate, and platform-deal news
TikTok community guidelines take effect September 24, 2026, including a rarely-seen off-platform behavior policy. Here’s what’s changing and what TikTok’s own moderation data shows.
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The NFL Kickoff Game 2026 reunites the Seahawks and Patriots seven months after Super Bowl LX, with real TikTok creators on the field, a celebrity photographer, and TikTok’s freshly renewed NFL deal getting its first live test tonight.
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TikTok addiction lawsuits keep ending the same way: a confidential settlement, right before trial. Meta and Google went to a jury instead, and lost.
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The TikTok TIFF partnership returns TikTok as Official Platform Partner for TIFF 2026, after a 2025 sponsorship suspension tied to a Canadian national security review.
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A TikTok data scrape pulled metadata on 4.5 billion videos through a private API, and the developer behind it sells the same method for $699.
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The TikTok NFL partnership was renewed September 2, 2026, expanding ad inventory, a new fan hub, and year-round highlights as NFL content on TikTok grows 32% in a year.
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TikTok’s government devices ban is officially lifted after a DOJ legal opinion on its restructured ownership, but a key senator says real questions remain unanswered.
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TikTok Shop tab sales overtook Video and Live for the first time in 2026, as GMV hit $50.3 billion in the platform’s biggest shopping shift yet.
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TikTok’s $400 million settlement resolves a child privacy case without admitting wrongdoing. Here’s what actually changes, and what doesn’t.
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The TikTok Disney deal lets creators legally use Marvel, Star Wars, and Pixar clips without copyright risk. Here’s how the opt-in program actually works.
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