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| Developer(s) | ByteDance |
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| Initial release | September 2016 |
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| Available in | 40 languages[1] |
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| Type | Video sharing |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | tiktok |
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| Developer(s) | Beijing Microlive Vision Technology Co., Ltd | ||||||||
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| Initial release | 20 September 2016 | ||||||||
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| Available in | Simplified Chinese, English[2] | ||||||||
| Type | Video sharing | ||||||||
| License | Proprietary | ||||||||
| Website | douyin | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 抖音 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Vibrating sound" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TikTok, whose mainland Chinese counterpart is Douyin,[a][3] 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 60 minutes.[4] It can be accessed with a smartphone app.
Since its launch, TikTok has become one of the world's most popular social media platforms, using recommendation algorithms to connect content creators with new audiences.[5] Many of its users are young and part of Generation Z. In April 2020, TikTok surpassed two billion mobile downloads worldwide.[6] Cloudflare ranked TikTok the most popular website of 2021, surpassing Google.[7] The popularity of TikTok has allowed viral trends in food and music to take off and increase the platform's cultural impact worldwide.[8]
TikTok has come under scrutiny due to data privacy violations, mental health concerns, misinformation, offensive content, and its role during the Israel–Hamas war.[9] Countries have fined, banned, or attempted to restrict TikTok to protect children or out of national security concerns over possible user data collection by the Chinese government through ByteDance.[9][10]
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- ^ "TikTok says it's testing letting users post 60-minute videos". CBS News. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
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- ^ Miltsov, Alex (2022). "Researching TikTok: Themes, Methods, and Future Directions". The SAGE Handbook of Social Media Research Methods: 664–676. doi:10.4135/9781529782943.n46. ISBN 9781529720969.
Even though TikTok is only a few years old, it has already been shaping the ways millions of people interact online and engage in artistic, cultural, social, and political activities.
- ^ a b Maheshwari, Sapna; Holpuch, Amanda (12 December 2023). "Why Countries Are Trying to Ban TikTok". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ Peterson, Kristina; Volz, Dustin; Andrews, Natalie (15 March 2024). "TikTok's Fate Now Hinges on the Senate". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
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