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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] 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][10] 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][11]
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