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Where Meta Still Has an Edge on TikTok

The Information · Kaya Yurieff · last updated

Earnings season is in full swing, but one of the most telling comments about the state of social media today came from courtroom testimony highlighting a persistent challenge facing TikTok—and a perennial strength for Meta Platforms’ apps. 

Adam Presser, TikTok’s head of U.S. operations and trust and safety, told a judge that only a “very minuscule” percentage of time— just about 1%— is spent on TikTok’s Friends tab, which shows videos from a user’s friends. 

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