Late Lunch: Shen Yun, Government Propaganda, and Homosexual Aliens? (Part One)

In this two-part series we explore the international phenomenon and emerging social media platform: TikTok. From the failing Shanghai tech company that created Musical.ly to ByteDance’s $1b acquisition in 2017, we explore how TikTok became the highest-valued startup to date now totalling over $75b. Part 2 will examine the way TikTok has changed our perception of content production, how its paying the most popular users, and breakdown what exactly is going on between the new controversy regarding Mark Zuckerberg and the US Gov. plan to investigate the app’s Chinese background. We also realize over the course of recording, that this may be our most important episode to date!&nbsp; Eating For Free is a bi-weekly gossip podcast&nbsp;reporting from the edge of the internet! We're&nbsp;a new wave of celebrity reporters at a time when pop culture is increasingly chaotic and media lacks the ability or moral direction to make sense of this capitalist nightmare! Do you have a tip for us? Got some hot gossip? Need to get any questions off your chest? Call our hotline&nbsp;at Call 1-810-EAT-FREE (1-810-328-3733) or send us an email at questions@eatingforfree.com! Become a Patreon backer for exclusive access to weekly bonus episodes and more! You can also find us on our website,&nbsp;Twitter, and&nbsp;Instagram. For behind-the-scenes gossip and access, join our exclusive Facebook group: Girls &amp; Gays (G.A.G.S.)!&nbsp;  Joan Summers: Twitter, Instagram. Matthew Lawson: Twitter, Instagram.  Sources:&nbsp;   Meet the Head of TikTok, a 35-Year-Old Who Makes Employees Do Push-Ups if Their Videos Don't Get Enough Likes - Money, Julia Glum (2019)  How a failed education startup turned into Musical.ly, the most popular app you've probably never heard of - Business Insider, Biz Carson (2016)  Chinese Tech Firms Forced to Choose Market: Home or Everywhere Else - NYT, Paul Mozur  My conversation with Zhang Yiming, founder of Toutiao - Technode, 2017  Musical.ly, a Chinese App Big in the U.S., Sells for $1 Billion (Paul Mozur) - NYT, 2017  Who’s Too Young for an App? Musical.ly Tests the Limits - NYT, John Herrman, 2016  The popular Musical.ly app has been rebranded as TikTok - The Verge, Dami Lee. (2018)  These Teens Are Making Thousands a Month With Karaoke App Musical.ly - Money, Gabriela Fernandez  AI In China: How Buzzfeed Rival ByteDance Uses Machine Learning To Revolutionize The News - Forbes, Bernard Marr  A Look at Toutiao: China’s Artificial Intelligence Powered News Platform - Wei Chun Chew, Medium  The Hidden Forces Behind Toutiao: China’s Content King - Ycombination, Anu Hariharan (2017&nbsp; The History of TikTok (TeenVogue)    How TikTok is Rewriting the World (NewYorkTimes)  TikTok, Explained (Vox)  How TikTok Holds Our Attention (NewYorker)  32 Biggest Stars on TikTok (Business Insider) How 7 Brands are Using TikTok (HugSpot)  TikTok and Activism (BBC)  Meet the Head of TikTok (Money.com)  How A Failed Startup Became Musical.ly (Business Insider)  Chinese Tech Firms Forced to Choose Market (NewYorkTimes)  My conversation with Zhang Yiming, founder of Toutiao &nbsp;(Technode)  Musical.ly, a Chinese App Big in the U.S., Sells for $1 Billion (NewYorkTimes)  Who’s Too Young for an App? Musical.ly Tests the Limits (NewYorkTimes)  The popular Musical.ly app has been rebranded as TikTok (The Verge)  These Teens Are Making Thousands a Month With Karaoke App Musical.ly (Money.com)  AI In China: How Buzzfeed Rival ByteDance Uses Machine Learning To Revolutionize The News (Forbes)  How TikTok Took Over Music (Rolling Stone)  Record Labels Demand More Money for Songs on TikTok App (Bloomberg)  U.S. Army Looking Into National Security Concerns Over TikTok After Using It to Recruit Troops (Gizmodo)  U.S. opens national security investigation into TikTok (Reuters)  TikTok national security inquiry (CNBC)  US investigating TikTok owner ByteDance (South China Morning Post)  Before Mark Zuckerberg Tried To Kill TikTok (BuzzFeedNews) ...

TikTok-ing Through the Apocalypse (Part 2)

In part three of our TikTok installment, we round-out out our coverage of the new global phenomenon taking over social media. We talk about the new censorship against users dissenting against China, those not deemed worthy of the algorithm’s promotion, the way their app directs data to 3rd party companies, and the recent class-action settlement with the United States Federal Trade Commission. Eating For Free is a bi-weekly gossip podcast&nbsp;reporting from the edge of the internet! We're&nbsp;a new wave of celebrity reporters at a time when pop culture is increasingly chaotic and media lacks the ability or moral direction to make sense of this capitalist nightmare! Do you have a tip for us? Got some hot gossip? Need to get any questions off your chest? Call our hotline&nbsp;at Call 1-810-EAT-FREE (1-810-328-3733) or send us an email at questions@eatingforfree.com! Become a Patreon backer for exclusive access to monthly bonus episodes and more! You can also find us on our website,&nbsp;Twitter, and&nbsp;Instagram. For behind-the-scenes gossip and access, join our exclusive Facebook group: Girls &amp; Gays (G.A.G.S.)!&nbsp;  Joan Summers: Twitter, Instagram. Matthew Lawson: Twitter, Instagram.  Sources:&nbsp;  Tik Tok and the Uighur Muslims (BBC) Feroza Aziz’s Banned TikTok Video (YouTube)  Privacy Analysis of Tiktok’s App and Website (Rufposten)  TikTok prevented disabled users’ videos from showing up in feeds (The Verge)  TikTok and Chinese Surveillance Software (The Independent)  Privacy Analysis of Tiktok’s App and Website (Rufposten)  TikTok chief, facing criticism over China ties, cancels meetings with US lawmakers (CNBC)  TikTok's chief cancels planned meetings with US senators amid concerns over privacy and app's ties to China (Business Insider)  TikTok music app owner agrees to $1.1 million class action settlement for alleged underage privacy violations (Chicago Tribune)

TikTok-ing Through the Apocalypse (Part 3)

Just a quick update on the future of our show, a change in some roles, and expectations from us as hosts. We talk about this more in the episode, but if you (or anyone you think) would like to join our show to talk about issues near-and-dear to your heart, profession, or lifestyle, please email us at eatingforfreepodcast@gmail.com&nbsp;and we'll be in touch! -------- Eating For Free is an investigative&nbsp;podcast&nbsp;reporting from the edge of the internet! We're&nbsp;a new wave of&nbsp;critical&nbsp;reporters at a time when pop culture and tech coverage is increasingly chaotic and media lacks the ability or moral direction to make sense of this capitalist nightmare! Become a Patreon backer for exclusive access to monthly bonus episodes and more! You can also find us on our website, Twitter, and&nbsp;Instagram. For behind-the-scenes gossip and access, join our exclusive Facebook group: Girls &amp; Gays (G.A.G.S.)!&nbsp; Any personal, business, or general inquires can be sent to eatingforfreepodcast@gmail.com&nbsp;  Joan Summers: Twitter, Instagram. Matthew Lawson: Twitter, Instagram.

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Hosted by Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson, Eating For Free is a weekly podcast that discusses emerging social movements and the celebrity figures around them.

Each week we'll investigate the use of social justice in and around the pop culture sphere. Whether it's strategic branding of “feminist” messages  to sell merchandise or pandering to gay audiences for likes and comments; Eating For Free aims to ask our stars, have you really earned your meal?

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