TikTok's journey from fun app to US security concern
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San Francisco: As a law that could get TikTok banned in the United States is poised to go into effect, here is a look at the rise of the video sharing...
San Francisco: As a law that could get TikTok banned in the United States is poised to go into effect, here is a look at the rise of the video-sharing social media platform.
Genesis
In 2016, Beijing-based ByteDance launched Douyin, an app for sharing short videos, in the Chinese market.
ByteDance released TikTok for the international market the following year, shortly before buying "lip-synching" app Musical.ly and merging it into TikTok.
The social network became a hit, with its algorithm serving up endless collections of short, looping and typically playful videos posted by users.
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