Short video-sharing app TikTok has become the latest Chinese firm caught in US regulatory crossfire, with Washington launching a national security review of its $1 billion acquisition of US social media app Musical.ly. Read more…
ByteDance, which owns short-form video app TikTok, said on Tuesday it had no immediate plans for an initial public offering in Hong Kong. Read more…
Chinese video app TikTok said it would not allow paid political ads on its platform as they do not fit into the experience it aims to provide. Read more…
Indian court’s call for a ban on the popular video app TikTok will hurt free speech rights, the app’s creator, China’s Bytedance Technology Co has said. Read more…
The Madras High Court has asked the federal government to ban Chinese video app TikTok, saying it was “encouraging pornography”. Read more…
TikTok allows users to create and share short videos with various special effects and it is becoming hugely popular in rural India. Read more…
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