Last year, most lawmakers deemed the Chinese tech giant ByteDance a national security risk and banned its apps. Now, under a Trump reprieve, it’s shipping new apps anyway.| Forbes
Three hundred current employees at TikTok and its parent company ByteDance previously worked for Chinese state media publications, according to public employee LinkedIn profiles reviewed by Forbes.| Forbes
Lawmakers will vote for the first time on a bill that would force a sale or ban of the hugely popular social media app.| Forbes
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
TikTok and ByteDance employees regularly engage in “heating,” a manual push that ensures specific videos “achieve a certain number of video views,” according to six sources and documents reviewed by Forbes.| Forbes
A major ruling today will require the tech giants to remove TikTok from their app stores by January 19 or face enormous fines — unless the courts throw them a bone before then.| Forbes
