Video Community – Tik Tok – The Worlds Most Downloaded App Improves Privacy Controls
News just in from Southern China, notably includes information relating to the app Tik Tok, well known the world’s most downloaded app, available for both iOS and Android. The developers behind Tik Tok have increased its user privacy and protection. Tik Tok is a global video community app, powered by music. Users can create their own short videos and share around the globe. Recently though disturbing scenes have been captured, including minors simulating sexual acts and this led to belief specifically that the platform was being used to stalk teenage girls. The new enhanced features allow users to set their videos to private, therefore, allowing only approved followers to view their content. Parents are also able to monitor the time young users are logged into the service and view the content that they see.
Tik Tok is the most downloaded iPhone app worldwide, with a total of 45.8 million downloads, surpassing the downloads recorded by Facebook, YouTube and Instragram – based on research by Sensor Tower, a San Francisco based research company. With over 300 million mainland active users, Tik Tok has also expanded into over 20 markets and reaches over 100 million active overseas users. Most popular in Hong Kong, Japan, much of South East Asia, this is an app that needs to ensure that privacy controls are enforced, cracking down on offensive content and protecting minors and this update offers a strong move in that direction.
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Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
