Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world.
The party’s over: China clamps down on its tech billionaires
The startling rise to wealth of the nation’s entrepreneurs has been an affront to Beijing’s political philosophy and increasingly, a threat to the communist partyIn a Politburo group study session on 23 November 2015, China’s president, Xi Jinping, rec…
SiriusXM launches ‘TikTok Radio,’ a music channel featuring viral hits hosted by TikTok stars
If viral TikTok songs like Dr. Dog’s “Where’d All the Time Go?” or Bo Burnham’s “Bezos I” weren’t already stuck in your head on loop, now they could be. Today SiriusXM launched a TikTok Radio channel, which features TikTok creators as channel hosts. The station is designed to sound like a “radio version of the […]
「彼には自分のスマホが必要だ」カメラロールで意中の相手を探すゴリラ
＜ユーチューブ、ツイッター、次はTikTokでも人気者に＞ 私たちのDNAの約98%はゴリラと共有されている。米ケンタッキー州にあるルイビル動物園のゴリラ、ジェラーニの好奇心と一連の動作を見れば少なからず納得できるはずだ。 ガラス越しに来園者のスマホを眺めるジェラーニは、腕をわずかに動かす仕草によってカメラロールのスワイプを要求しているように見える。6月20日にTikTokに投稿されたこの動画には、（8月20日現在）170万以上の「いいね！」がついている。 @gertiemusic Wow!!!!!…
In growing battle with TikTok, Facebook to test ‘Facebook Reels’ in the U.S.
Reels are coming to Facebook in the U.S. The company this morning announced it will begin testing a new feature, Facebook Reels, which will give Facebook users the ability to create and share short-form video content directly within the News Feed or within Facebook Groups. The addition is an expansion of tests launched earlier this […]
Senators challenge TikTok’s ‘alarming’ plan to collect users’ voice and face biometrics
TikTok’s plans to collect biometric identifiers from its users has prompted concern among U.S. lawmakers, who are demanding the company reveal exactly what information it collects and what it plans to do with that data. In a letter sent earlier this month addressed to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and John […]
スーパーヒーローが乗り出した「政治改革」、若者層の動きが大きなうねりに
＜映画スターの政治サイトがZ世代の関心を引き付けている。若い世代の有権者は今後の政治の流れを変えるかもしれない＞ 米連邦議会の議員ともなれば、事務所には陳情・苦情の電話が山ほどかかってくる。たいていはスタッフが丁重にお引き取り願うのだが、ある男の電話は、ほぼ確実につないでもらえるらしい。 男の名はクリス・エバンス。そう、映画『アベンジャーズ』シリーズのキャプテン・アメリカ役で知られる人気俳優だ。この6月13日で40歳になったばかりだが、最近は連邦議会議事堂に通い詰め、上下両院の議員たちに話を聞き、今…
TechScape: How the UK forced global shift in child safety policies
Up for discussion in the Guardian tech newsletter: Instagram, Tik Tok and YouTube implement new rules … CGI CEOs … and unpleasant rightwing ‘lolz’ in KabulI bring good news: regulation works.The last month has brought a flurry of changes to major tech …
TikTok is the new Facebook – and it is shaping the future of tech in its image | Chris Stokel-Walker
The swift rise of the Chinese video-sharing app could have ramifications for all of us and how we live, both online and offAgainst the backdrop of a global pandemic that has kept millions of people inside with nothing but their phones for company, the …
Reddit is quietly rolling out a TikTok-like video feed button on iOS
From Instagram’s Reels to Snapchat’s Spotlight, most social media platforms are looking toward the TikTok boom for inspiration. Now, even Reddit, a discussion-based forum, is making short-form video more pronounced on its iOS app. According to Reddit, most iOS users should have a button on their app directly to the right of the search bar […]