Both are owned by Beijing-based parent company ByteDance, but Douyin launched before TikTok and became a viral sensation in China. Its powerful algorithm became the foundation for TikTok and is ...

TIK TOK NAMED NO. 1 MARKETER OF 2020 ... for its catchy social media challenges and short viral videos, has been sued in the past by users alleging the company shared its information with China.

TikTok employees say China tightly controls app amid data concerns. The company has previously come under fire for censoring videos critical of Beijing ...

Tik Tok at the top of the download charts in September The Tik Tok app surpassed former number one Facebook, as well as Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat ...

The parent company behind the internet sensation Tik Tok has confirmed they are designing and making a new smartphone. Jak Connor. Tech and Science Editor. Published Jul 30, 2019 1:00 AM CDT ...

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) renewed calls to ban TikTok in the U.S. following reports that the Chinese government has acquired an ownership stake in its parent company, ByteDance.“The Biden ...

China reportedly backed out of a deal to sell TikTok to U.S. investors a day after President Donald Trump announced wide-ranging global tariffs.

Tik Tok users are not fleeing to Meta. ... I have some bad news for Americans and lawmakers living in fear of China spying on us and taking our data through TikTok.

Families are aiming to take the social media app, owned by a Chinese company, ... Parents Are Suing TikTok for Allegedly Sending Their Kids’ Stolen Data to China.

In this Sept. 28, 2020, file photo, The TikTok app logo appears in Tokyo. As the company’s CEO has confirmed, it turns out that American users of the popular social media platform can have their ...

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) says it will investigate social media platform TikTok over its handling of children’s personal data and the transfer of data to China. “The first ...