Mid-year review 2023: the uncertainties add up

For the first time since 2020, the current year has not begun with the omnipresence of Covid-19. Uncertainty, whether economic, climatic or geopolitical, has nonetheless been present throughout this first half of the year. Here are some of the events that have so far marked 2023 in the world of marketing, technology and communications.

Do you have to pay to go viral on TikTok?

In the early years of TikTok, the Chinese platform turned the heads of influencers because of its high virality potential; a video of a teenager sketching a few dance steps could reach a million views, even if the account only had a handful of subscribers. A bygone era?