ByteDance is refusing to share information about its platforms in China in lawsuits accusing TikTok of causing youth internet addiction. Lawyers for ByteDance rejected that assertion and said any information about how the app operates outside the US is irrelevant to the case.

TikTok und sein chinesischer Mutterkonzern wehren sich gegen die Aufforderung, die Plattform in den USA verkaufen zu müssen. Sie halten das Gesetz für verfassungswidrig.

Chinese state media has criticised a new bill passed by the US House of Representatives that would force a divestment of TikTok, while parent company ByteDance and Beijing have remained silent.

TikTok owner ByteDance’s efforts to make its Pinterest-slash-Instagram competitor Lemon8 take off in the U.S.

CapCut has already become a crucial editing tool for many TikTok creators.

Under a draft agreement between ByteDance and CFIUS, Oracle would be TikTok’s partner — and a government proctor.

Users complain the ByteDance app feels inorganic and curated, prioritizing the needs of influencers over ordinary people. Since April, the app’s daily active users have nearly halved from 11,930 to 6,360

ByteDance is registered in Beijing and thus subject to Chinese law, giving those whose data privacy it violates the potential for redress through Chinese courts.

Backgrounder to Bytedance - the company behind TikTok, most valuable and widley unknown startup on the planet -, that breaks down concrete lessons from TikTok's road to 1B MAUs.

While TikTok is under increasing political pressure in Western countries, the company is sneaking back in through the back door via the app Lemon8.