TikTok

TikTok is an online video sharing social networking service. It lets people create short videos that can range from 3 seconds to 10 minutes. TikTok videos can be about any topic. TikTok is popular all around the world. It was first released under the name of Douyin in China. It was released internationally in 2017. In 2018 Musical.ly was bought out by TikTok.

According to TikTok users must be at least 13 years old to have an account. If TikTok deems that an account is under 13, TikTok will ban the account. Any users on TikTok can also report accounts that they believe are under the age requirement. 

 Features 
For videos recorded that users don't want posted on the platform yet, those videos can stay in the drafts. These drafts stay in the app until it is deleted by the user or also when the app is uninstalled from the mobile device, all the drafts will get deleted. Leaving the video in the drafts gives you the ability to edit it later. Some edits that can be made are editing privacy details, thumbnails, and captions. 

On TikTok users can also go LIVE which allows users to create content and interact with followers. Only those who are 18 and older can go LIVE on TikTok.

History
TikTok was created by ByteDance. It was released in September 2016 and was the most downloaded app in the United States in October 2018. As of 2022, TikTok has over 3 billion downloads, and over 1 billion active users each month.

Bans
On 29 June 2020, India decided to ban 59 apps including TikTok. A month later on 31 July 2020, US President Donald Trump announced a possible ban of the app. Then, on 18 September 2020, the Trump administration announced that the app would be removed from U.S. app stores on 12 November 2020, unless ByteDance can assure the Trump administration that the app does not pose a threat to U.S. security.

In April 2024, President Biden signed a law that could result in the banning of TikTok in the United States unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sells the app to a non-Chinese entity by January 2025. On the night of 18 January 2025, TikTok was banned temporarily in the United States before being restored in the morning. 

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Category:Chinese social networking websites
Category:Video sharing websites