How much of a threat is TikTok?
Amanpour
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The Irony of TikTok in China
China is slamming the US for considering a ban on TikTok, and China's Commerce Ministry has said it firmly opposes a forced sale of TikTok. Beijing may actually prefer TikTok to get banned, then to fall into US hands. Pressure is building again in Washington to ban TikTok, all because it's owned by a Chinese company, ByteDance. In fact, there's a separate version of ByteDance's app in China called Do-Yin. Boasting more than 600 million daily active users, Do-yin was already a viral sensation in China before TikTok launched overseas.
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