TikTok, a popular based social video app owned by China-based ByteDance, has seen explosive growth this year amid the coronavirus crisis. The company has plans to hire more people, including at its Culver City office.since it launched in the U.S. in 2018. The app, excluding Chinese version Douyin, has been installed nearly 2.1 billion times as of July 30, according to market research firm Sensor Tower. Young users love its short comedic videos and novel dance clips.
“I hope that the American people will come to recognize these Chinese software companies doing business in the United States, whether it’s TikTok or [Chinese messaging app] WeChat … are feeding data directly to the Chinese Communist Party,” U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo told Fox News on Sunday. “Those are the issues that President Trump’s made clear we’re going to take care of. These are true national security issues.
Wedbush Securities analyst Daniel Ives places the prospects of Microsoft going through with the deal at 75% to 80%, “given the fluid situation and ByteDance’s back against the wall with [Microsoft CEO Satya] Nadella & Co. being the only possible white knight.”
Lol reminds me of the News Corp Idiots that bought MySpace. WTG
What if they buy wb games do it they should do that do it now so do it
Microsoft is as bad as China period! Thank you bye 👋
Protect the safety of the world and the privacy of everyone, say no to TikTok, SayNoToChina
Talk about tag team two on one.
Well, THAT will certainly remove any concerns about misuse of personal data. 🙌🙌
Another dub for Nintendo, Sony, PC, and Ouya
Up next: $BABA wants to buy $MSFT 🤔
Very smart move. The less the Communist Dictatorship has to do with our data the better.
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