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TikTok, whose mainland Chinese counterpart is Douyin (Chinese: 抖音; pinyin: Dǒuyīn; lit. 'Shaking Sound'), is a short-form video hosting service owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance. It hosts user-submitted videos, which can range in duration from three seconds to 10 minutes. It can be accessed with a smart phone app.
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TikTok is an online video sharing social networking service. It lets people create short videos that can range from 3 seconds to 10 minutes. TikTok videos can be about any topic. TikTok is popular all around the world. It was first released under the name of Musical.ly but was later bought out and renamed to TikTok. History
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- September 2016; 7 years ago
TikTok est une application mobile de partage de courtes vidéos (verticales et de quelques secondes à quelques minutes), et de réseautage social, lancée en 2016.
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- 20 octobre 2016
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In January 2020, the United States Army and Navy banned TikTok on government devices after the Defense Departmentlabeled it a security risk. Before the policy change, army recruiters had been using the platform to attract young people. Unofficial promotional videos continue to be posted on TikTok under personal accounts, drawing the ire of governme...
Employee and university bans
As of April 2023,at least 34 out of 50 states have announced or enacted bans on state government agencies, employees, and contractors using TikTok on government-issued devices. State bans only affect government employees and do not prohibit civilians from having or using the app on their personal devices.
In July 2020, Wells Fargobanned the app from company devices due to privacy and security concerns. In August 2023, New York Citybanned TikTok on government-owned devices for security reasons.
Opinion polling
A July 2020 poll from Morning Consult, with 2,200 surveyed, found that 29% of American adults supported a TikTok ban, 33% opposed one, and 38% had no opinion. An August 2020 poll from Reuters/Ipsos, surveying 1,349, had 40% supporting Trump's move to ban the app, 30% opposed, and 30% uncertain. A December 2022 poll from Rasmussen Reports, surveying 1,000 likely U.S. voters, found that 68% supported proposals to federally ban TikTok, with 43% strongly supporting a ban. Conversely, 24% surveyed...
Company response
TikTok began working on Project Texas after 2020 to address data concerns from the US government. From 2019 to 2024, TikTok and ByteDance combined spent $27 million on lobbying in the United States, including their hire of SKDK, a public affairs firm, in 2023 according to Politico. Reutersreported that according to its sources, if all legal methods to block the April 2024 ban are exhausted, ByteDance would prefer to shut down TikTok than sell it with its core algorithm, which is also subject...
Industry response
Some advertisers increased their spending on TikTok in 2023. Edward East, CEO of marketing agency Billion Dollar Boy, stated that instead of being intimidated by a potential ban, the industry is seeing an increase in brand investment through TikTok.
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TikTok Wiki. in: TikTok, Products. TikTok. Developer (s) ByteDance. Initial Release. September 2016 ( Douyin) [1] August 2, 2018 (TikTok) [2] Type. Video Sharing. List of Languages. 75 Languages [3] Website. https://tiktok.com https://douyin.com. Technical Information. File Size. 308.3 MB (iOS) [4] 55.21 MB (Android) [4] Operating System.
