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TikTok caught red-handed again! TikTok has been having lots of controversies lately, and many users have complained about the way it spies on their data and information or snoops on the data they have on other applications.

Thanks to ios14, iOS’s latest update, the developers have provided a new feature where an alert in TikTok lets the users know if an app is pasting from the clipboard. 

How Tiktok’s data snooping was exposed

It all started when Jeremy Burge of Emojipedia posted a tweet yesterday, showing exactly how iOS 14 alerts the tiktok data snooping process. As It is obvious in Jeremy’s tweet, iOS is trying its best and is repeatedly sending a notification at the top of the screen, and it informs Burge that ‘TikTok pasted from Instagram’ as he types in the app.

As social media today best describes the process, the process works like this – when you have something that you’ve cut from someplace else (like a section of text or a URL), it sits on your clipboard, from which you can paste it into another app. The latest version of iOS (14) now informs you when this happens. The process has been happening for years in the background; in various apps, users just haven’t been made aware of such till now.

TikTok is not the only app that was exposed to data snooping and security risks, but since TikTok was being complained about a lot lately, this issue became a huge disaster for the platform.

After the exposure, TikTok was forced to announce that it is going to remove this feature. Now TikTok has said that it will remove this feature, which reads data from the clipboard on user devices as they use TikTok. Such hidden behaviors of TikTok and how it spies on its users have made the politicians and people in so many regions to complain against TikTok or even totally ban the app. We really appreciate the high-security level of the new iOS version. One important security feature included in this new version is that the apps will require permission from the user before tracking them.

Good news for marketers and business owners. TikTok can now be used as a marketing platform for all kinds of brands and businesses. TikTok has officially announced the launch of its new platform, which is dedicated to marketers and advertising.

TikTok For Business is where you can unleash your brand’s creative side. A fully immersive no judgment world where there’s an audience for every voice.

No matter how big or small your Business, no matter what you’re making or selling, we believe your brand deserves to be discovered here.

Many marketers and social media managers have been seeking ways to make use of TikTok as a platform for running ads and promotions. That dream came true today as TikTok has decided to make that happen.

“TikTok For Business” is made for brands to manage their ads and marketing campaigns on tikTok.The platform is open to everyone and all kinds of businesses as a solution for marketing.

TikTok for Business Includes different options, which are best explained by Tech Crunch. At launch, the site will include access to TikTok ad formats, including its marque product, TopView, which is the ad that appears when you first launch the TikTok app. Other products under this TikTok for Business umbrella include Brand Takeovers, In-Feed Videos, Hashtag Challenges, and Branded Effects.

Brand Takeovers are the 3-5 second ads that can be either a video or an image. In-Feed Videos can be up to 60 seconds in length and run with the sound on. Hashtag Challenges allow brands to participate in the user community by inviting TikTok users to create content around a hashtag of their choice. This includes Hashtag Plus, which also adds a shopping feature to this experience.

Meanwhile, Branded Effects allow brands to insert themselves more directly into the content creation experience.

The effects allow a brand or product to be added to a video in a 2D, 3D, or now AR format in either the foreground or background of the video. These can also be combined with Hashtag Challenges to boost engagement with the brand With the emergence of this new app, thousands of marketers are going to turn to TikTok for their marketing purposes, and TikTok would once again become a Rival to platforms such as Instagram and Facebook, this time in marketing and attracting businesses.