EU says TikTok recommendation feed traps users in harmful rabbit holes
Preliminary Digital Services Act findings are not final; confirmation could bring a fine of up to 6% of global revenue.
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TikTok rolls out an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout
TikTok launched a conversational AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout in the For You feed.
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Milk Dragon Phishing Kit Uses Facebook and TikTok Discounts to Steal Cards and Bypass MFA
Milk Dragon uses fake social-media discounts to steal cards and intercept 3-D Secure codes.
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StreamRat Android malware spreads through Meta and TikTok ads
Malwarebytes reports StreamRat Android banking trojan spread via Meta and TikTok ads reaching roughly 570,000 users, mostly in Spain.
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Meta Ads Push StreamRat Android Trojan That Can Gain Near-Complete Device Control
ThreatFabric details StreamRat, a new Android banking trojan spread via Meta malvertising in Spain that reached about 571,000 EU accounts.
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AgenticGen: Reward-Guided Agentic Video Generation for Advertising
AgenticGen applies DPO and GRPO reward-guided reasoning to ad video generation, improving TikTok CTR 2.72%, CVR 2.63%, and Advv 9.61%.
TikTok Settles U.S. Child Privacy Case for $400 Million
TikTok will pay $400 million to settle U.S. DOJ/FTC claims that it violated COPPA by collecting data from children under 13.
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TikTok Agrees to $400 Million Settlement in U.S. Child Privacy Lawsuit
TikTok agrees to pay $400 million to settle a DOJ child-privacy lawsuit alleging COPPA violations including collecting data from children under 13.
Senators press TikTok over withholding of safety features for some users
Sens. Blackburn and Blumenthal demand TikTok explain why safety features were withheld from about 10% of users, following a teenager's suicide.