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TikTok faces $155,000 fine for mishandling child data in South Korea

July 16, 2020 by Arhama Altaf

Popular video-sharing application, TikTok, has been under scrutiny for its subpar data handling methods and ties with the Chinese government. The application was recently banned in India and is currently undergoing a few trials in the US as well.

According to a recent report, TikTok developers are in deep waters in South Korea as well. The Korean Communications Commission (KCC) has fined the company for 186 million or $155,000 for mishandling of child data.

According to the details, KCC acts as the regulator and overwatches the country’s telecommunications and data related sectors just like Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).

The fine follows reports of ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, failing to protect users’ private data specifically youngsters in the region.

How to create Instagram Reels?

July 9, 2020 by Arhama Altaf

Social media giant Facebook was testing Instagram Reels since a long time in few countries including Brazil, Germany, and France. The feature now arrives in India. This is the best time to bring Reels to the country as the government put a ban on TikTok and demand for short video platform has spiked.

Reels will be available for users in India soon. Currently, Instagram Reels feature is being tested in India, and on the basis of the response will be rolled out to each and every user in the days to come.

With TikTok banned in India, homegrown short video apps such as Roposo, Mitron, Chingari, Sharechat, and others are gaining wide popularity and millions of users every day.

Facebook will also use this golden opportunity to attract 200 million TikTok users to Reels.

Reels is not a separate app like others but it is just an extra feature inside the Instagram application. Through which millions of Instagram users in India will likely have the opportunity to try the feature.

Instagram begins testing Reels in India after TikTok ban

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 by Arhama Altaf

Photo-sharing app Instagram and Facebook are testing Instagram Reels in India that allows users to create 15-second short videos. Instagram Reels will serve the same purpose as the Chinese video-making app TikTok, which was recently banned in India with 58 other apps. “We’re planning to start testing an updated version of Reels in more countries. … Read more

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