Months before the U.S. government demanded ByteDance divest from TikTok, the Department Of Justice’s Criminal Division subpoenaed the app’s Chinese parent company, according to a source.| Forbes
ByteDance confirmed it used TikTok to monitor journalists’ physical location using their IP addresses, as first reported by Forbes in October.| Forbes
There are multiple ways the U.S. government might attempt to ban TikTok over national security concerns. But TikTok will almost certainly challenge a ban in court.| Forbes
In 2021, TikTok became the most visited website in the world. Since then, it has led trends in American culture and commerce, and played an increasing role in civic and political discourse around the world.| Forbes