Places and Things

TikTok 'takes 70%' of donations sent to Syrian refugees via app Video-sharing app TikTok is taking up to 70 per cent of the donations given for displaced Syrian families in refugee camps begging for money on the social media platform, a BBC investigation has found. Continue Reading . . . https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221013-tiktok-takes-70-of-donations-sent-to-syrian-refugees-via-app/

Instagram will no longer promote recycled TikToks on its TikTok clone In its latest set of best practices for Reels, Instagram is urging users not to repost videos from elsewhere — essentially telling its community not to recycle videos from TikTok. If you do share videos that you rip from TikTok, your followers will still see them in their feeds. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/instagram-reels-repost-tiktoks-best-practices-200536658.html

TikTok changes privacy settings for its youngest users Unsurprisingly, the biggest changes affect the app’s youngest users between the ages 13 and 15, who will now have their accounts switched to  private by default. The change applies to new sign-ups as well as existing accounts that may have previously been set to public. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/tiktok-changes-privacy-settings-younger-users-13-to-15-100000363.html