Jake Novak is an actor and performer who posted a video on TikTok pitching himself to “Saturday Night time Dwell” creator Lorne Michaels. However TikTok infamy got here calling as an alternative. Nightcap’s Jon Sarlin talks with Jake Novak concerning the darkish realities that include undesirable viral consideration.
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TikTok’s ties to China are as soon as once more beneath fireplace in Washington. Here is why
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Enterprise
Two years after then-President Donald Trump stated he would ban TikTok in the USA by way of an government order, the short-form video platform is as soon as once more beneath scrutiny in Washington. And the underlying concern stays largely the identical: TikTok’s ties to China by way of its mum or dad firm, Bytedance.
A rising variety of US lawmakers are calling for the Biden administration to take motion towards TikTok, citing obvious nationwide safety and knowledge privateness issues. The criticism stems from a Buzzfeed Information report in June that stated some US consumer knowledge has been repeatedly accessed from China. The reporting cited leaked audio recordings of dozens of inside TikTok conferences, together with one the place a TikTok worker allegedly stated, “Every part is seen in China.”
Learn extra at: https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/02/tech/tiktok-lawmakers-explainer/index.html
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‘SNL’ took on TikTok with brutal accuracy
By Megan Thomas, CNN
TikTok served as a supply of hilarious fodder on this weekend’s episode of “Saturday Night time Dwell.”
The present satirized folks TikTok-trying-way-too exhausting on the social media platform and it was was brutally correct.
The video sketch began with a textual content from a dad (Alex Moffat) asking his teenager to take out the trash, however they’re misplaced of their feed. What follows is an solely barely exaggerated four-minute scroll by way of TikTok.
Learn extra at: https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/12/leisure/snl-tiktok-sketch/index.html
