What exactly is going on with TikTok? The wildly popular app is known for hosting short videos where teenagers, celebrities and creators often dance or lip-sync to viral audio clips. But in recent days, President Trump has talked of banning TikTok from the United States, spooking the millions of people who make or watch TikTok videos for entertainment. Here’s a primer on how the app became embroiled with the White House and on the deal talks. One is that TikTok is owned by a Chinese internet company, ByteDance.

Source: International New York Times August 01, 2020 17:37 UTC