Für TikTok scheinen dieser Tage zwei divergierende Business-Realitäten zu bestehen.

Nachdem US-Kongressabgeordnete Tiktok-CEO Shou Zi Chew während einer Anhörung unerbittlich mit Fragen gegrillt haben, bemühen sich der Kurzvideodienst und einige Partnerfirmen um Schadensbegrenzung.

Illustration: Nick Barclay / The VergeOn Thursday morning, the chief executive of what is perhaps the world’s most popular social app went before Congress.

But the poll shows sharp divisions between generations, political parties and people who actually use the app.

Because of the amount of data collected and the possibilities of influence of state agencies, TikTok gives him "abdominal pain," the vice president of the authority told media. But Minister of Interior, Nancy Faeser, sees no reason for a ban on the app in Germany.

Amid questioning about TikTok’s use of biometrics in today’s Congressional hearing, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew offered some insight into how the company vets potentially underage users on its platform.

TikTok’s CEO provided carefully worded responses to US senators’ questions. 

So you heard TikTok’s being banned? That might not happen tomorrow, but here are the answers to the most urgent questions …

In front of a panel of skeptical and hostile U.S.

Advertisers take wait-and-see approach after Biden administration demands that video app’s Chinese owners sell stakes.

Governments have expressed concerns that TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, may endanger sensitive user data.

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TikTok's updated Community Guidelines look to address key pain points identified by US officials.

TikTok overhauls its community guidelines, adds new policies on AI and climate misinformation. TikTok says all realistic AI deepfakes must be ‘clearly disclosed.’
The app’s content policies are being updated as political pressure on Chinese parent company ByteDance grows.

The Biden administration in recent days demanded that Chinese internet giant ByteDance sell TikTok despite the company’s yearslong effort to avoid such a decision, according to a person briefed about the situation.

At issue is whether ByteDance violated any laws by inappropriately gathering the data of some users, including journalists who cover tech firms

Following the spotting of a Chinese surveillance balloon floating over Billings, Montana, U.S.

The Biden administration is demanding that Chinese tech giant ByteDance sell TikTok—or else face a ban. That’s exactly what Donald Trump threatened to do in the summer of 2020 for the same reason—national security.

In the US, TikTok received 26% of the app revenue that was collected in 2023 so far. Instagram and Facebook are both far behind, receiving 14% and 10% respectively. With all of that having been said and now out of the way, it is important to note that TikTok is not just finding success in the United States of America. It is also starting to dominate several European markets such as Germany and the UK.