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TikTok, Under Scrutiny, Distances Itself From China

Published: Oct. 28, 2019, 4:29 p.m.

TikTok, the app that revolves around sharing short video clips, is in a unique position. It\u2019s arguably the first international social media platform to have built a massive audience in the United States, where it\u2019s been downloaded more than 110 million times since its founding in 2017. TikTok has offices in California near competitors like Snapchat, Instagram, and YouTube, but it\u2019s owned by ByteDance, a Chinese tech giant.