Here’s a surefire Tok-block. While it’s no secret that TikTok is tracking its users’ activity, the video app is now being ...

ByteDance, the Beijing-based owner of TikTok, is shifting strongly into artificial intelligence after years of legal and privacy scrutiny. Its chatbot Doubao, launched in 2023, has become China’s most ...

TikTok is growing its data harvesting empire, and avoiding the app won’t protect you – but some easy steps can keep you safe.

Since 2020, readers have used Blacklight, our pioneering website privacy inspector tool, to run more than 18 million scans. Previously, Blacklight detected tracking pixels from Google and Meta. Today, ...

The social media platform changed its privacy policy last month, inviting users to allow it to track their specific location.

We’ve updated Blacklight, The Markup’s privacy inspector, to help you understand how sites are tracking you.

The three major social media companies have agreed to undergo independent assessments of how effectively they protect the ...

TikTok's new Local Feed will show you nearby shopping, dining, events, news, and more.

TikTok's new video creation model, called Seedance 2.0, has been launched in a limited test mode in China -- but hyper-realistic synthetic footage is already flooding social networks worldwide. Some ...

An airline passenger’s TikTok video went viral after she threw a cheeky note at a fellow passenger, endearingly getting the ...

Investors don't seem to care at the moment. ServiceNow shares have tumbled 32% year-to-date despite posting 20%-plus growth in its latest earnings report. Adobe has plunged 25% over that time frame ...

We’ve updated The Markup’s privacy tool to help you understand how sites are tracking you through TikTok and X pixels.