Political ads will no longer appear on China's short video app TikTok. The company has given this information in a statement. TikTok said on Thursday that it would not show political advertisements on its platform by taking money, as TikTok users do not like it. Let us tell you that TikTok is a short video app designed by ByteDance. This app is quite popular in South Asia including India.
Blake Chandley, vice president of Global Business Solutions, Ticktock, said, "We will not allow advertisements that promote or oppose any candidate, current leader, political party or group." We will not release election-related advertising, advocacy advertising on our platform.
He further said that TikTok is an app where people openly show their creativity and enjoy. People use TikTok to experience something different. In such a situation, it is the duty of the company to support them.
Let us know that according to a report released in July this year, the number of monthly active users with TikTok has crossed 50 crores. It is quite popular in India. In India, many people have given their lives for ticketing.
TikTok Chinese company Bytdance preparing to build data center in India, investigating options
BiteDance, a company of social media platforms TikTok and Halo, is reviewing the options to build a data center in India to store information for Indian users. The company gave this information on Sunday. Recently, the Central Government issued notices to TikTok and Hello and asked 24 questions on the misuse of these platforms for anti-India activities.
According to sources, the Center has warned both these 'apps' that they may face sanctions if they do not give proper answers by 22 July. ByteDance has issued a statement saying that in view of India's efforts on the new data protection law, we are taking remarkable steps to establish a data center here.
The company is investigating options to provide safe and reliable service to users resident in India. According to sources, ByteDance has started talks with local companies and the process of securing data in India could begin in the next 6-18 months.
The company says that since the launch of its platform in India, it has preserved the information of Indian users in third-party data centers in the US and Singapore.
Soon Facebook will also be able to create videos like Tik Tok, bringing new app
Facebook may soon launch one such app, impressed by the popularity of the short video app TikTok. Facebook created the NPA (New Experimental App Division) team only last week. Facebook's NPE team is joining Jason Toff, general manager of the short video app Vine, Jason Toff. He has also given information about the launch of Facebook's new app. TikTalk became the second most downloaded app in the world in the second quarter of 2019, while it was the most downloaded app on Apple's App Store. In such a situation, there should be no doubt about the popularity of tick talk.
Who is Jason Toff?
Jason Toff has recently joined Facebook, leaving Google. Jason gained immense popularity while working in the short video app Vine. Vine was bought by Twitter in 2012. Jason has been working in Google's Area 120 since 2016. Let us know that in Area 120 of Google, there are workshops for new products and new experiments are done.
Jason will get responsibility for Facebook's new app
In the last one year, Facebook has closed many apps and many apps have been launched. In this episode, Facebook is now eyeing video content, because Facebook's video feature is becoming very popular. In such a situation, the company is preparing to launch a new app. Toff tweeted that, 'I think this is a good time to share what I'm doing. I am making a fresh start in the next two weeks under Facebook's NPE team.
