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TikTok content creators grace the red carpet during the Best of TikTok Creators Night 2023 at Rizal Park Hotel in Manila on December 10, 2023.

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Jess Fenol

Jhon Dave Cusipag

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173760611192620231210-tiktok-creators-night-MT43.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">TikTok content creators grace the red carpet during the Best of TikTok Creators Night 2023 at Rizal Park Hotel in Manila on December 10, 2023. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — A number of educational institutions on Friday, January 24, reported problems with access to their websites that use the edu.ph domain.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/technology/2025/1/18/explainer-what-happens-after-the-tiktok-ban-0846">EXPLAINER: What happens after the TikTok ban?</a></div><p>Universities such as the University of the Philippines, University of Santo Tomas, Universidad de Manila, and University of the East posted on their social media accounts informing their students and other stakeholders of a technical issue that might affect access to their online services.</p><p>Schools said they are working closely with the Philippine Network Foundation Inc. (PHNet) to solve the issue.</p><p>The edu.ph domain, which is used by many school websites, is managed by the registrar PHNet.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/1/17/us-supreme-court-upholds-law-banning-tiktok-2357">US Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok</a></div><p>The Department of Information and Communications Technology said on Friday it is ready to assist the PHNET in resolving the issues of edu.ph users in the country following a &quot;distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.&quot;</p><p>In a text message to ABS-CBN News, DICT Usec. Jeffrey Dy said &quot;Upon orders of Sec Ivan John Uy, the DICT-NCERT already extended our offer to assist EDU.ph registrar “PHNET” to help them recover from the Distributed Denial of Service attack.&quot;</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Issues were said to originate from PHNet&#x27;s server affecting some of school&#x27;s online services, universities and colleges said. | via <a href="https://twitter.com/jdcusipag?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jdcusipag</a><br/><br/>(📸: St. Paul University Manila, Our Lady of Fatima University, LPU Manila, North Eastern Mindanao State University) <a href="https://t.co/MYD2XO9xVF">pic.twitter.com/MYD2XO9xVF</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1882657571338858624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2025</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>According to cybersecurity firm Fortinet, a DDoS attack is when servers were flooded with internet traffic to prevent users from accessing websites.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/technology/2025/1/19/can-tiktok-also-be-banned-in-the-philippines-2227">Can TikTok also be banned in the Philippines?</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/technology/2025/1/22/trump-says-would-be-open-to-musk-buying-tiktok-0808">Trump says would be open to Musk buying TikTok</a></div><div><strong>— By Julie Jammot, Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RktwA2sAvQQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The "Breakthrough Bonus" program for eligible TikTok creators is intended to "help jumpstart their growth on our apps," a Meta spokesperson told AFP.</p>

The "Breakthrough Bonus" program for eligible TikTok creators is intended to "help jumpstart their growth on our apps," a Meta spokesperson told AFP.

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Instagram courts TikTok stars during turbulent times

Jess Fenol,

Jhon Dave Cusipag,

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Published January 23, 2025 11:31 AM PHT

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