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Marketers in countries that benefit from maintaining a good relationship with China, including those in Latin America and Southeast Asia, should be less concerned about a potential ban. Data privacy attitudes and policies also matter. EU governments have historically been stricter than the US on data privacy and security.

And what role do things like data lakes, data seas, data oceans play in all of this? Moitree Rahman (21:48):. Yeah.

People worldwide spent less time with media across all categories except mobile (which remained the same) in H1 2024 as compared with H1 2023, per GWI data.

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I would say for this particular activity, this is an outlier, although relatively high also in Asia, Southeast Asia in particular, seeing high viewing influencer videos. And that could be, to Jason's point earlier, a younger audience and then also just so ingrained in the consumption habits, whether it's mostly on a device in this case in those regions. It's also relatively high in Latin America.

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It was the Black Sea? Oh, the Caspian Sea. The Caspian Sea. Yes. See, the name throws you off because it's not a lake if it's called a sea, right? Marcus Johnson:. Oh, that's true. That's true. Paul Verna:. They should call it the Great Caspian Lake, then we'd all be square with it. Marcus Johnson:. That would make sense. Why is it called the Caspian Sea? What a terrible name. What's happening?

TikTok users in the US and Southeast Asia can take photos of items and upload them to be shown similar products on TikTok Shop. Alternatively, users can input saved photos on their devices into the search function to receive similar results. Image search features are relatively commonplace; both Google and Amazon offer such functions, allowing users to submit queries without text.

Marketers in countries that benefit from maintaining a good relationship with China, including those in Latin America and Southeast Asia, should be less concerned about a potential ban. Data privacy attitudes and policies also matter. EU governments have historically been stricter than the US on data privacy and security.

However, navigating the stormy seas of privacy concerns will be pivotal to its long-term success. In the era of digital transparency, trust is important, and allegations of privacy problems can potentially deter would-be users, especially more conservative businesses.

Zigazoo is one in what is likely a sea of new apps that will emerge to capture the attention of social users should TikTok be banned. CEO and founder Zak Ringelstein wants Zigazoo to be a mainstream healthier alternative to social media, akin to Whole Foods among supermarket chains. 鈥淲e鈥檙e not going to be in a world where social media doesn鈥檛 exist,鈥� says Ringelstein.