Australian TikTok creators could dump app after month-long test removed sound from videos

‘It makes you feel like it’s a platform that doesn’t value us as much as it should,’ says one frustrated creator and others say it may be the ‘final straw’

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A month-long test by social media platform TikTok has resulted in many of its Australian users having the sound removed from their videos, rendering them unwatchable.

According to a spokesperson for TikTok, it has been testing in Australia to analyse how music is accessed and used on the platform.