TikTok is doubling down on its efforts to combat online bullying and harassment, allowing people on the short-form video app to block multiple users at the same time and delete a lot of hurtful comments at once. TikTok said Thursday that users will be able to select up to 100 comments they want to delete or report. …
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YouTube is creating a $100 million fund to pay people who make clips for Shorts, its take on TikTok, and it hinted it’ll soon start testing ads in earnest on these short, vertical, looping clips, as the world’s biggest source of online video starts figuring out how payments could make Shorts more competitive to its viral, upstart rival. The $100 …
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Have you ever wondered what you look like as your favorite superhero? A new TikTok craze is seeing people turn themselves into their favorite Marvel characters, from Nick Fury to Black Widow. They’re making videos using a TikTok filter called Shapeshifting. Shapeshifting lets you morph into any character of your choice. You can make your TikTok video humorous, like one …
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If you’re on TikTok — or have seen TikTok videos reposted elsewhere — you’ve likely seen a Duet. Sometimes TikTok creators film videos specifically that other users on the app can add to. These can range from dances to singing or lip-syncing songs to viral challenges, blind reacts and more. Along with features like Stitch, TikTok Duets are a way …
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Tiktok introduced a new auto caption feature on Tuesday that can automatically generate subtitles for your videos — a useful accessibility feature for the deaf or hard of hearing and anyone trying to use the app with the sound off. “Inclusivity is important because when people feel included, they’re more comfortable expressing themselves and engaging with their community,” Stephanie Hind, …
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Instagram said Wednesday it’s rolling out a new feature for its short-form video product Reels that allows people to record a video alongside someone else’s video. Re-re-re-remix 🤩 Now you can use the Remix feature in Reels to create your own reel next to one that already exists 🎭 Whether you’re capturing your reaction, responding to friends or bringing your …
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If you’re a TikTok user, you’ve probably spied the latest trend: the Fake Window Challenge. It’s not a “challenge” in the traditional sense — there’s no need to dump a bucket of ice water over your head, for example — and not especially original, as people have been doing this for years. That said, it’s a really fun way to …
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If you haven’t tried the “no beard” filter that you’ve seen everyone doing on TikTok, you’ve got to try it — if you have a beard, of course. This won’t work on the beardless. TikTok users are posting videos of themselves unveiling their “no beard” look to their significant others and the reactions are priceless. If you haven’t seen this …
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YouTube is rolling out Shorts, its response to the TikTok phenomenon, in the US starting Thursday and continuing over the next “several weeks.” This suite of creator tools for making short, vertical, looping videos is expected to be available to all creators on YouTube in the US, whether they have millions of channel subscribers or none at all. You may have already …
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YouTube viewing on internet-connected TVs is growing, with more than 120 million US people streaming either YouTube itself or its live-channel service YouTube TV on their TV screens in December, up from 100 million in March 2020, YouTube’s chief product officer, Neal Mohan, said Wednesday in a blog post. Viewers are “increasingly streaming content on their connected TV screens as they …
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