Another change will be a new option to organize the content you see based on “thematic maturity.”

TikTokmade its name by helping people easily share short videos across the web. Now the site is thinking bigger. In the meantime, however, the company continues to add new features.

The reposted videos won’t appear on your TikTok profile. Instead, they’ll show up only in your friends' feeds, TechCrunch says. Currently, we’re experimenting with a new way for people to share TikTok videos they enjoy." The company is testing the button “with a small number of users,” TechCrunch says. A Repost button would let them simply share the clip without adding or creating their own content.

The social video app is also sharing a newSafety Center guidefor teens, educators and caregivers about eating disorders. Users can tap “Show results” to view the content. “The research on this is mixed; it can be both. At Instagram, we look at the benefits and the risks of what we do.”

TikTokhas assembled a cast of TikTokers to star in its first fully produced sketch comedy show on TikTok Live. director Stoney Sharp is also executive producing.

As earlier reported byBusiness Insider, ByteDance filed a trademark tool with the USPTO on May 9. While the trademark filing is new to the US, the idea of a TikTok-adjacent streaming service isn’t. ByteDance already has a music streaming app called Resso, which is available in India, Brazil and Indonesia. TikTok could use the music interest of its existing users as an on-ramp to a new service. But TikTok’s surging growth may not necessarily translate to a disruptively popular music service....

On a mobile or web surfing app, users can visitTikTok.com/Downloadto roll out the Android app on their gear. It added that it is ensuring strong security measures for its Android Package Kits to keep the app safe.

TikTok said on its website that the data will eventually become available to researchers globally. This is just one step TikTok is taking to boost transparency as it faces increasing scrutiny in the US. Somestates have bannedthe app from state-run devices and networks.

TikTok videos may soon be coming to a gym or restaurant near you. This isn’t the first deal TikTok has inked to expand the reach of its videos.

Many research groups have pushed formore regulationaround these issues. The company will begin testing this in the UK. “Like today, people will be able to appeal if they think we’ve made a mistake.” The process of age verification remains complicated because there is no standard in place.

Access to “authoritative information” is part of TikTok’soverall strategyto combat misinformation on the platform. So will accounts belonging to governments, politicians and political parties. Twitterand Facebook parent company Meta also unveiled theirplans to deal with misinformationon social media during the midterm elections. See also:Ready to Join TikTok? Here’s What you oughta Know

WhenTikTok launched its resumes platformlast month, it came as a surprise to many. Because social media companies tend to borrow (steal?) “We first predict that LinkedIn will have a video resume feature,” she said. And of course Facebook, being part of Instagram, will do the same." Penn discusses these considerations and more in our interview above.

TikTok on Friday outlined new video removal software designed toautomatically block violent and pornographic material.