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TikTok Ltd was incorporated in the Cayman Islands and is based in both Singapore and Los Angeles. [13] It owns four entities that are based respectively in the United States, Australia (which also runs the New Zealand business), United Kingdom (also owns subsidiaries in the European Union), and Singapore (owns operations in Southeast Asia and India).
ByteDance Ltd. is a Chinese internet technology company headquartered in Haidian, Beijing and incorporated in the Cayman Islands. [7]Founded by Zhang Yiming, Liang Rubo, and a team of others in 2012, ByteDance developed the video-sharing apps TikTok and Douyin.
In China, there is a different version of TikTok: a sister app called Douyin. ... an official from the Cyberspace Administration of China, the country’s internet watchdog and censor, sits on its ...
In March 2023 testimony before a House committee, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, a native of Singapore, told legislators, "ByteDance is not an agent of China or any other country" and said that under ...
Zhang Yiming (Chinese: 张一鸣; born April 1, 1983) is a Chinese Internet entrepreneur.He founded ByteDance in 2012, developed the news aggregator Toutiao and the video sharing platform Douyin (internationally known as TikTok).
TikTok is in the crosshairs of authorities in the U.S., where new law threatens a nationwide ban unless its China-based parent ByteDance divests. TikTok is already banned in a handful of countries ...
TikTok: ByteDance China [6] [7] 2016 1.582 billion [3] 5 WeChat: Tencent China: 2011 1.343 billion [3] 6 Messenger: Meta Platforms United States: 2011 1.01 billion [3] 7 Telegram: Telegram United Arab Emirates [8] 2013 950 million [9] 8 LinkedIn: Microsoft United States: 2003 930 million [10] 700 million registered users [10] 9 Snapchat: Snap ...
5./15 WEST/istockphotoIn a remarkable shift atop China’s wealth rankings, Zhang Yiming — the visionary behind ByteDance and the massively popular TikTok app — is now the country’s richest ...