Why does US see Chinese-owned TikTok as a security threat?
Mar 24, 2023 · The Communist Party’s extensive internet filters block most users in China from seeing TikTok. ByteDance has said TikTok has “no affiliation” with Beijing ByteDance Technology Co., the subsidiary that operates Douyin; Toutiao, a …
TikTok: Is it really Chinese? | CNN Business
Mar 18, 2024 · TikTok has never existed in mainland China, though the app was available in Hong Kong until July 2020, when it pulled out shortly after Beijing imposed a controversial national security law in...
China’s not happy Trump has tossed TikTok a lifeline - CNN
5 days ago · For many of America’s 170 million TikTok users, US President Donald Trump’s move to delay a legal ban of the popular social media platform was cause for celebration. But in China, where TikTok ...
Analysis: There is now some public evidence that China viewed TikTok …
Jun 8, 2023 · In what appears to be a first, a former employee of ByteDance, TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company, has outlined specific claims that the Chinese Communist Party accessed the data of TikTok...
Is TikTok really a danger to the West? - BBC
Mar 19, 2024 · China has attacked a bill going through US Congress that could ultimately see TikTok banned in the States, calling it unjust. It is the latest move in a years-long row over safety fears about...
Users flock to Chinese Xiaohongshu, or 'RedNote,' with TikTok …
Jan 14, 2025 · HONG KONG (AP) — As the threat of a TikTok ban looms, U.S. TikTok users are flocking to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu – making it the top downloaded app in the U.S.. Some of the “TikTok refugees,” as they call themselves, say the TikTok alternative, a Chinese app, is being chosen in protest of the TikTok ban.. The U.S. Supreme Court is due to …
There Is No TikTok in China, but There Is Douyin. Here’s What It Is.
Apr 25, 2024 · TikTok is available in more than 150 countries and regions in 75 languages, while Douyin can be used only in China. The two apps have many similar features, but they remain separate services.
TikTok, RedNote and the Crushed Promise of the Chinese Internet
Jan 20, 2025 · China’s internet companies and their hard-working, resourceful professionals make world-class products, in spite of censorship and malign neglect by Beijing. By Li Yuan The Chinese social media ...
Topics Suppressed in China Are Underrepresented on TikTok, …
Dec 21, 2023 · Topics often suppressed by the Chinese government within its borders, including Tibet, Hong Kong protests and the Uyghur population, appear to be unusually underrepresented on TikTok compared...
TikTok says it's not spreading Chinese propaganda. The U.S. says …
Sep 16, 2024 · Two academic studies argue that TikTok favors Chinese government views, and a new analysis says TikTok's parent firm is entangled with government propaganda organs.
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