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☆ TikTok Shop is offering hemp-derived THC syrup, sex toys, and other banned goods to users as the platform struggles with enforcement
  + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Dan Whateley | Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
TikTok is in an all-out blitz to make its e-commerce marketplace Shop take off. But as it races to drive up sales, it's letting prohibited products slip through the cracks. TikTok Shop has over 200,000 sellers, according to the company, which has been a challenge as it tries to keep out banned goods at scale. TikTok isn't alone in failing to keep its e-commerce marketplace cleanTikTok isn't the only e-commerce player to struggle with marketplace quality. It's early days for TikTok Shop in the US, and the company is still finding its footing.
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☆ TikTok's owner is laying the groundwork to launch a book publisher called '8th Note Press'
  + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Dan Whateley | Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
TikTok owner ByteDance applied for a trademark for a book publishing entity called 8th Note Press. The company is also hiring staff to "discover and sign authors" and ensure "novel completion." TikTok has become a popular destination for readers to discover new books, driving up publishing sales and sparking a thriving community on the app dubbed #BookTok. Now its parent company ByteDance may be building out its own publishing arm. The company in April filed a US trademark application for a new book-publishing entity that would be called 8th Note Press.
☆ The TikTok hearing is mostly lawmakers berating the CEO and loudly asking 'Yes or no?' to detailed questions
  + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Dan Whateley | Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
TikTok CEO Shou Chew appeared before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Thursday. Chew's remarks were often cut short as Congress members pressed him for "yes" or "no" responses. "Welcome to the most bipartisan committee in Congress," Republican Rep. Earl LeRoy "Buddy" Carter said, addressing Chew as "Mr. Chew's responses to questions were often cut short as members of Congress asked for shorter "yes" or "no" responses. In the days leading up to the committee hearing, TikTok helped arrange a press conference with Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman that it described as a push "in support of free expression."
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