I missed the faceprints / voiceprints post. Yikes.

TikTok reaches 1 billion users worldwide as growth surges

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2021/09/27/tiktok-reaches-1-billion-users-worldwide-growth-surges/5886506001/

TikTok tells U.S. lawmakers it does not give information to China's government

https://www.metro.us/tiktok-tells-u-s-lawmakers/

Mark Zuckerberg told Meta employees to zero in on video because they're up against an 'unprecedented level of competition' from TikTok, report says

https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-meta-faces-unprecedented-competition-from-tiktok-focus-reels-2022-2&inline-endstory-related-recommendations

TikTok Can Circumvent Apple and Google Privacy Protections and Access Full User Data, 2 Studies Say (Exclusive)
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tiktok-circumvent-apple-google-privacy-140000271.html

I was on a call with some TikTok ad sales people last week and some of the numbers on that platform are staggering, both on the amount of media consumed per day and also how much some of the top creators can earn.

From my observations of my teen TikTok definitely has the youth's eyeballs.  I think the challenge for all of us, as middle-aged content creators, would be getting into the head of the mostly teen and early 20 something minds and figuring out how to make stuff they'd want to see. 

The two ardent Tik Tok users I know are 43 and 77. Not content creators on Tik Tok, but just users.

The 77yo wasn't paying attention but, as an old-time radical, he looked into it when Trump wanted to ban it. He sends me a lot of interesting stuff about mesh WISP for rural locations, history, all manner of things.

The world's most popular app. How TikTok swept the internet - Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2022/tiktok-popularity/