Time.news – Tik Tok was the most downloaded app in the world last year, surpassing Facebook and its messaging platform. The ìmarket tracker ‘App Annie detects this. The Chinese-owned video app has seen a surge in its popularity despite attempts by then US President Donald Trump to ban it or force it to sell to US-based investors.
Tik Tok, owned by China’s ByteDance, is believed to have more than a billion users, including over 100 million in the US, and its mini-videos are particularly popular with younger users.
In June, President Joe Biden revoked executive orders from his predecessor seeking to ban Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat from the U.S. market for national security concerns, but ordered a review of the potential risks of Internet services. foreign ownership.
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