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2. TikTok - Wikipedia

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   TikTok merged with Musical.ly on 2 August 2018 with existing accounts and data consolidated into one app, keeping the title TikTok. On 23 January 2018, the TikTok app ranked first among free application downloads on app stores in Thailand and other countries.

3. Cultural impact of TikTok - Wikipedia

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   The online video platform TikTok has had worldwide a social, political, and cultural impact since its global launch in September 2017. The platform has rapidly grown its userbase since its launch and surpassed 2 billion downloads in October 2020. It became the world's most popular website, ahead of Google, for the year 2021.

4. Restrictions on TikTok in the United States - Wikipedia

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   On April 14, 2023, Montana became the first state to pass legislation banning TikTok on all personal devices operating within state lines, and barring app stores from offering TikTok for download. [70] [71] [72] Governor Greg Gianforte signed the bill, Senate Bill (SB) 419, into law on May 17, [73] [74] claiming he had banned TikTok "to protect ...

5. 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 ...

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

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   The content recommendation algorithm that powers the online short video platform TikTok has once again come under the spotlight after the U.S. ordered its Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the app ...

7. What TikTok Creators Stand to Lose If App Is Banned

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   Moises Mendez II. April 26, 2024 at 2:01 PM. Credit - Illustration by TIME. On Wednesday, President Joe Biden signed a bill that would force TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app ...

8. ByteDance - Wikipedia

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   ByteDance Ltd. is a Chinese internet technology company headquartered in Haidian, Beijing and incorporated in the Cayman Islands. [7] Founded by Zhang Yiming, Liang Rubo and a team of others in 2012, ByteDance developed the video-sharing apps TikTok and Douyin.

9. TikTok: What to know about the app's possible ban in the U.S.

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   One of the more notable efforts to ban TikTok came from Montana, where lawmakers approved a complete ban of the app. That ban, however, was blocked by a judge in November 2023, a month before it ...