TikTok: China’s First Western Social Media Stronghold

Lockdown antidote for millions

May 12, 2020

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By: Joyce Chen

One winner from the coronavirus pandemic is ByteDance, the Chinese AI-driven entertainment giant that owns TikTok, the phenomenally popular short-form video-sharing app. It is currently the world’s highest-value unlisted unicorn and is raising the hackles of western intelligence agencies, with the US Department of Defense warning its emplo…

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