TikTok: Difference between revisions

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|Censorship of content talking negatively Donald Trump's government, ICE or related and update of privacy policy

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|On January, 2026, TikTok's ownership was transferred to [[Oracle]]. After this transference, the privacy policy was updated. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Reece |date=23 Jan 2026 |title=TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes |url=https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-new-privacy-policy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222090442/https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-new-privacy-policy/ |archive-date=22 Feb 2026|access-date=28 Jan 2026 |website=Wired}}</ref> Several users have reported their content that is against Donald Trump or ICE, or anything related ends shadowbanned or flagged "to be reviewed". <ref>{{Cite web |last=Collier |first=Kevin |last2=Horvath |first2=Bruna |date=26 Jan 2026 |title=TikTok censorship claims spark California probe of app's handling of anti-Trump content |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/tiktok-fixed-power-outage-not-censorship-work-views-down-rcna255964 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260219181336/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/tiktok-fixed-power-outage-not-censorship-work-views-down-rcna255964 |archive-date=19 Feb 2026|access-date=28 Jan 2026 |website=NBC News}}</ref>

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|Running GenAI Ads without permission

|2026-present

|On February 5, 2026, Rebekah Saltsman, CEO & co-founder of Finji, a game publisher known for titles such as Tunic and Night in the Woods, made a post on Bluesky asking people to send screencaps of "Finji ads that look distinctly UN-Finji-like".<ref>https://bsky.app/profile/bexsaltsman.bsky.social/post/3me4ybayhf226</ref> Saltsman explained how platforms were running AI versions of paid ads without the knowledge or consent of the company paying for the ads. Saltsman also explained that the company who paid for the ads has no way of seeing the AI versions of those despite the audience seeing them.

An IGN article would later come out where Saltsman detailed how TikTok was running ads that were modified to be sexualized despite Finji having all AI features turned off. Saltsman stated how Finji has no way to view, edit or disable the AI generated ads and that the only way they were made aware of the issue was through audience members.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Valentine |first=Rebekah |date=February 20, 2026 11:04am EST |title=Tunic, Night in the Woods Publisher Says TikTok Is Creating and Running Racist GenAI Ads for Its Games Without Permission |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/tunic-night-in-the-woods-publisher-says-tiktok-is-creating-and-running-racist-genai-ads-for-its-games-without-permission |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222020940/https://www.ign.com/articles/tunic-night-in-the-woods-publisher-says-tiktok-is-creating-and-running-racist-genai-ads-for-its-games-without-permission |archive-date=February 22, 2026 |access-date=February 23, 2026 |work=IGN}}</ref>

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|https://www.ign.com/articles/tunic-night-in-the-woods-publisher-says-tiktok-is-creating-and-running-racist-genai-ads-for-its-games-without-permission

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 |Censorship of content talking negatively Donald Trump's government, ICE or related and update of privacy policy
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 |On January, 2026, TikTok's ownership was transferred to [[Oracle]]. After this transference, the privacy policy was updated. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Reece |date=23 Jan 2026 |title=TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes |url=https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-new-privacy-policy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222090442/https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-new-privacy-policy/ |archive-date=22 Feb 2026|access-date=28 Jan 2026 |website=Wired}}</ref> Several users have reported their content that is against Donald Trump or ICE, or anything related ends shadowbanned or flagged "to be reviewed". <ref>{{Cite web |last=Collier |first=Kevin |last2=Horvath |first2=Bruna |date=26 Jan 2026 |title=TikTok censorship claims spark California probe of app's handling of anti-Trump content |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/tiktok-fixed-power-outage-not-censorship-work-views-down-rcna255964 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260219181336/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/tiktok-fixed-power-outage-not-censorship-work-views-down-rcna255964 |archive-date=19 Feb 2026|access-date=28 Jan 2026 |website=NBC News}}</ref>
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+|Running GenAI Ads without permission
+|2026-present
+|On February 5, 2026, Rebekah Saltsman, CEO & co-founder of Finji, a game publisher known for titles such as Tunic and Night in the Woods, made a post on Bluesky asking people to send screencaps of "Finji ads that look distinctly UN-Finji-like".<ref>https://bsky.app/profile/bexsaltsman.bsky.social/post/3me4ybayhf226</ref> Saltsman explained how platforms were running AI versions of paid ads without the knowledge or consent of the company paying for the ads. Saltsman also explained that the company who paid for the ads has no way of seeing the AI versions of those despite the audience seeing them.
+An IGN article would later come out where Saltsman detailed how TikTok was running ads that were modified to be sexualized despite Finji having all AI features turned off. Saltsman stated how Finji has no way to view, edit or disable the AI generated ads and that the only way they were made aware of the issue was through audience members.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Valentine |first=Rebekah |date=February 20, 2026 11:04am EST |title=Tunic, Night in the Woods Publisher Says TikTok Is Creating and Running Racist GenAI Ads for Its Games Without Permission |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/tunic-night-in-the-woods-publisher-says-tiktok-is-creating-and-running-racist-genai-ads-for-its-games-without-permission |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222020940/https://www.ign.com/articles/tunic-night-in-the-woods-publisher-says-tiktok-is-creating-and-running-racist-genai-ads-for-its-games-without-permission |archive-date=February 22, 2026 |access-date=February 23, 2026 |work=IGN}}</ref>
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