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  2. TikTok - Wikipedia

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    TikTok, whose mainland Chinese counterpart is Douyin, is a short-form video hosting service owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance.It hosts user-submitted videos, which can range in duration from three seconds to 10 minutes.

  3. How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential ...

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    Starting in 2017, when the Chinese social video app merged with its competitor Musical.ly, TikTok has grown from a niche teen app into a global trendsetter. While, of course, also emerging as a ...

  4. Smaller social platforms are adding TikTok-like features as ...

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    TikTok generates about $16 billion in annual revenue whereas LTK makes “hundreds of millions,” according to a company spokesperson. The fact is that most people have never even heard of LTK ...

  5. The challenges facing TikTok as it confronts the US in court

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    May 7, 2024 at 1:56 PM. TikTok made good on its promise to challenge a new law signed by President Joe Biden that could result in a ban of the video app in the US. The company, a subsidiary of ...

  6. Social media - Wikipedia

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    Social media. Social media app icons on a smartphone screen. Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the creation, sharing and aggregation of content, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks. [1] [2] Social media refer to new forms of media that involve interactive participation.

  7. TikTok v. Trump - Wikipedia

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    TikTok v. Trump was a lawsuit before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia filed in September 2020 by TikTok as a challenge to President Donald Trump 's executive order of August 6, 2020. The order prohibited the usage of TikTok in five stages, the first being the prohibition of downloading the application.

  8. Explainer-What is so special about TikTok's technology

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    A study, which researchers from the U.S. and Germany published last month, found TikTok's algorithm "exploits the user interests in 30% to 50% of the recommendation videos" after examining data ...

  9. Censorship of TikTok - Wikipedia

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    In November 2018, the Bangladeshi government blocked the TikTok app's Internet access as part of Bangladesh's crackdown on the removal of pornography and gambling sites. "I want to create a safe and secure internet for all Bangladeshis, including children. And this is my war against pornography.