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TikTok, known in China as Douyin (Chinese: 抖音; pinyin: Dǒuyīn), is a Chinese video-sharing focused social networking service owned by ByteDance.[4] The social media platform is used to make a variety of short-form videos, from genres like dance, comedy, and education, that have a duration from fifteen seconds to three minutes.[5][6][7] TikTok is an international version of Douyin, which was originally released in the Chinese market in September 2016.[8] Later, TikTok was launched in 2017 for iOS and Android in most markets outside of mainland China; however, it only became available worldwide after merging with another Chinese social media service, Musical.ly, on 2 August 2018.

TikTok
Douyin 抖音
File:TikTok logo.svg
File:Douyin logo.png
Screenshot of TikTok.com website.
Screenshot of TikTok.com website.
Developer(s)ByteDance
Initial releaseSeptember 2016; 8 years ago (2016-09)
Stable release
15.5.0 / 31 March 2020
Operating systemiOS, Android
Size308.3 MB (iOS)[1]
55.21 MB (Android)[2]
Available in40 languages[3]
List of languages
Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Cebuano, Czech, Dutch, English, Filipino, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Khmer, Korean, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese
TypeVideo sharing
LicenseProprietary software with Terms of Use
Websitetiktok.com
douyin.com
Douyin
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TikTok and Douyin have almost the same user interface but no access to each other's content. Their servers are each based in the market where the respective app is available.[9] The two products are similar, but features are not identical. Douyin includes an in-video search feature that can search by people's face for more videos of them and other features such as buying, booking hotels and making geo-tagged reviews.[10] Since its launch in 2016, TikTok/Douyin rapidly gained popularity in East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the United States, Turkey, Russia, and other parts of the world.[11][12] As of October 2020, TikTok surpassed over 2 billion mobile downloads worldwide.[13][14][15][16][17]

Vanessa Pappas is the CEO of TikTok, having assumed the position following the resignation of Kevin A. Mayer on 27 August 2020.[18][19][20] On 3 August 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to ban TikTok in the United States on 15 September if negotiations for the company to be bought by Microsoft or a different "very American" company failed.[21] On 6 August, Trump signed two executive orders banning U.S. "transactions" with TikTok and WeChat to its respective parent companies ByteDance and Tencent, set to take effect 45 days after the signing.[22] A planned ban of the app on 20 September 2020[23][24] was postponed by a week and then blocked by a federal judge.[25][26][27][28] President Biden revoked the ban in a new executive order in June 2021.[29] The app has been banned by the government of India since June 2020 along with 223[30] other Chinese apps in response to a border clash with China.[31] Pakistan banned TikTok citing "immoral" and "indecent" videos on 9 October 2020 but reversed its ban ten days later on 19 October 2020.[32][33][34] Then in March 2021, a Pakistani court ordered a new TikTok ban due to complaints over "indecent" content.[35]

Morning Consult ranked TikTok as the third fastest growing brand of 2020, after only Zoom and Peacock.[36] In May 2021, TikTok appointed Shou Zi Chew as their new CEO.[37]

References

  1. ↑ "TikTok – Real Short Videos". App Store. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "TikTok". Play Store. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "TikTok - Make Your Day". iTunes. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  4. ↑ Isaac, Mike (8 October 2020). "U.S. Appeals Injunction Against TikTok Ban". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  5. ↑ Schwedel, Heather (4 September 2018). "A Guide to TikTok for Anyone Who Isn't a Teen". Slate Magazine. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  6. ↑ Al-Heeti, Abrar (2 December 2020). "TikTok is reportedly experimenting with 3-minute videos". CNET. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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  9. ↑ "Forget The Trade War. TikTok Is China's Most Important Export Right Now". BuzzFeed News. 16 May 2019. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  10. ↑ Niewenhuis, Lucas (25 September 2019). "The difference between TikTok and Douyin". SupChina. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  11. ↑ "50 TikTok Stats That Will Blow Your Mind [Updated 2020]". Influencer Marketing Hub. 11 January 2019. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  12. ↑ RouteBot (21 March 2020). "Top 10 Countries with the Largest Number of TikTok Users". routenote.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  13. ↑ "50 TikTok Stats That Will Blow Your Mind in 2020 [UPDATED ]". Influencer Marketing Hub. 11 January 2019. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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  15. ↑ "2020年春季报告：抖音用户规模达5.18亿人次，女性用户占比57%" (in 中文). Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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  18. ↑ "TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer quits after 4 months". Fortune (magazine). Bloomberg News. 27 August 2020. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  19. ↑ Zeitchik, Steven (18 May 2020). "In surprise move, a top Disney executive will run TikTok". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  20. ↑ "Australian appointed interim chief executive of TikTok". www.abc.net.au. 28 August 2020. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  21. ↑ Robertson, Adi (3 August 2020). "Trump threatens that TikTok will "close down" on September 15th unless an American company buys it". The Verge. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  22. ↑ Singh, Maanvi (6 August 2020). "Trump bans US transactions with Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  23. ↑ "Commerce Department Prohibits WeChat and TikTok Transactions to Protect the National Security of the United States". U.S. Department of Commerce. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  24. ↑ Arbel, Tali (6 August 2020). "Trump bans dealings with Chinese owners of TikTok, WeChat". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  25. ↑ Fung, Brian. "Trump says he has approved a deal for TikTok". CNN. Archived from the original on 23 December 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  26. ↑ Wells, Andrew Restuccia, John D. McKinnon and Georgia (20 September 2020). "Trump Signs Off on TikTok Deal With Oracle, Walmart". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via www.wsj.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  27. ↑ Swanson, Ana; McCabe, David; Griffith, Erin (19 September 2020). "Trump Approves Deal Between Oracle and TikTok". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  28. ↑ TikTok ban: Judge rules app won't be blocked in the US, for now Archived 2 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine; CNN by way of MSN; published September 28, 2020; accessed February 7, 2021
  29. ↑ McKinnon, John; Leary, Alex (9 June 2021). "Trump's TikTok, WeChat Actions Targeting China Revoked by Biden". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  30. ↑ Sabat, Surabhi (2 September 2020). "Full List Of 224 Chinese Apps Banned In India Till Date; Including PUBG, TikTok And Shein". Republic World. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  31. ↑ Doval, Pankaj (30 June 2020). "TikTok, UC Browser among 59 Chinese apps blocked as threat to sovereignty". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020.
  32. ↑ Business, Charles Riley, CNN. "Pakistan reverses TikTok ban after 10 days". CNN. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  33. ↑ Kastrenakes, Jacob (9 October 2020). "Pakistan bans TikTok for "immoral" and "indecent" videos". The Verge. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  34. ↑ "Pakistan bans TikTok for allowing 'immoral and indecent' content". Android Police. 9 October 2020. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  35. ↑ Ahmad, Asif Shahzad, Jibran (11 March 2021). "Pakistan to block social media app TikTok over 'indecency' complaint". Reuters. Archived from the original on 12 March 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  36. ↑ "The Fastest Growing Brands of 2020". Morning Consult. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  37. ↑ "TikTok Names ByteDance CFO Shou Zi Chew as New CEO". NDTV Gadgets 360. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.

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