TikTok global will be 80 per cent owned by ByteDance: Company

Sep 21, 2020

Beijing [China], September 21 (ANI/Sputnik): ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of video-sharing app TikTok, says it will retain an 80 per cent stake in...

Trump signs order banning ByteDance, Chinese parent of TikTok

Aug 07, 2020

Washington DC [USA], Aug 7 : United States President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday halting all transactions with Chinese company ByteDance,...

TikTok employees spied on US journalists

Dec 23, 2022

ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, said on Thursday that an internal investigation found that employees had inappropriately obtained the data of US...

US Senator requests hearing on national security concerns about TikTok

Jan 11, 2023

Sullivan expressed concern about the availability of US user data from TikTok to China-based employees of parent company ByteDance. Although federal agencies and some...

Hundreds of TikTok employees previously worked for Chinese state media: Report

Aug 14, 2022

Beijing [China], August 14 : Three hundred current employees at TikTok and its parent company ByteDance previously worked for Chinese state media publications, according...

Canada cybersecurity chief warns about data-harvesting apps as concerns grow over TikTok

Jan 23, 2023

TikTok, whose parent company ByteDance is based in China, has been accused of aggressive data harvesting from around the world. In the neighbouring United...