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.

A new mobile app from TikTok-parent ByteDance is gaining traction in the U.S., despite growing national security concerns around ByteDance's China ties.

ByteDance has seen its new app Lemon8 surge in popularity, riding on the absence of Western competitors to establish another beachhead in international markets.

A new content-sharing social platform owned by TikTok parent ByteDance aims to capitalize on its sister app’s success – despite growing regulatory scrutiny of TikTok and its business practices.

Chances are you’ve not heard of Lemon8.

As U.S. lawmakers move forward with their plans for a TikTok ban or forced sale, the app’s Chinese parent company ByteDance is driving another of its social platforms into the Top Charts of the U.S. App Store.

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

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.

Insider viewed a document describing the Lemon8 platform and the guidelines creators should follow when posting to get paid.

After TikTok’s overwhelming success in the social media world, virtual reality has become the next battlefield for Chinese firm ByteDance and Facebook’s parent company Meta.