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TikTok pulls Taylor Swift and The Weeknd's music

It comes after a licensing rights row between the platform and the artists' record label, Universal.

In an open letter, published on 30 January, Universal claimed that "ultimately TikTok is trying to build a music-based business, without paying fair value for the music". It also had issues with TikTok's content moderation, saying it failed to adequately deal with "the tidal wave of hate speech, bigotry, bullying and harassment on the platform". "Despite Universal's false narrative and rhetoric, the fact is they have chosen to walk away from the powerful support of a platform with well over a billion users that serves as a free promotional and discovery vehicle for their talent," it added.

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