Technology giant Microsoft is in advance talks to acquire TikTok’s US operations, according to a media report Friday, even as President Donald Trump said his administration is considering to ban the popular Chinese-owned video app. “We’re looking at TikTok. We may be banning TikTok,” Trump told reporters at the White House. India has banned as […]

The US has indicated that it may take a decision on banning Chinese mobile applications, including TikTok, within weeks after a campaign to bar them gained momentum in the country following India’s decision. India last month banned 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok and UC Browser, saying they were prejudicial to the sovereignty, integrity, and security […]

After coming under scrutiny from several nations over their Chinese ties, ByteDance Ltd is discussing changing the corporate and management structure of their short video app, TikTok. There have been talks of creating a new management board and shifting the company headquarters away from Beijing, in order to establish a distance from the Chinese government. […]

TikTok said Tuesday it will stop operations in Hong Kong after the city enacted a sweeping national security law last week. The company said in a statement that it had decided to halt operations in light of recent events. TikTok’s departure from Hong Kong comes as various social media platforms and messaging apps including Facebook, […]

Chinese tech giant unicorn ByteDance Ltd. is anticipating a loss of over USD 6 billion after three of its apps, including the hugely popular video app TikTok, were banned by India this week, a media report here said. Besides Tiktok, India banned on Monday 58 other apps with Chinese links, including the popular UC Browser, […]

For millions of Indian TikTok creators, the reality has changed with the video platform being banned from India. There is a whole slew of Indian video platforms that are scrambling to rise up to the challenge of being the home of short videos in India, but one platform is standing out with its quality and […]

She’s just 23, had 2.8 million followers on Tik Tok, and was making up to Rs 30,000 a month but Niharika Jain, one of the many influencers’ who found money and fame on the short-form video app, is not complaining about the government ban. After all, it is about talent and she can quite easily […]

Hours after being banned from the Indian cyberspace, TikTok issued a ‘clarification’ to the Indian government stressing the fact that the app has followed all the privacy and security requirements under the Indian law. Following increasing border tensions at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China, the former has banned 59 Chinese […]

India on Monday banned 59 apps with Chinese links, including hugely popular TikTok and UC Browser, saying they were prejudicial to sovereignty, integrity, and security of the country. The ban, which comes in the backdrop of current stand-off along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh with Chinese troops, also includes WeChat and Bigo Live. […]

Zynn, a new Chinese app, has taken the US App Store charts by storm. According to Mashable, the app has risen rapidly to become the number one free app in Apple App Store. It is also currently placed in the top 10 on Google’s Play Store. Experts and users have observed its striking similarity with TikTok. […]