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TikTok
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Screenshot  Screenshot of TikTok.com homepage, April 2021 | |
| Developer(s) | ByteDance |
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| Initial release | September 2016 |
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| Available in | 40 languages[1] |
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| Type | Video sharing |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | tiktok |
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Screenshot  Screenshot of Douyin.com homepage, 2023 | |||||||||
| Developer(s) | Beijing Microlive Vision Technology Co., Ltd. | ||||||||
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| Initial release | 20 September 2016 | ||||||||
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| Available in | Simplified Chinese, English[2] | ||||||||
| Type | Video sharing | ||||||||
| License | Proprietary | ||||||||
| Website | douyin | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 抖音 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Vibrating sound" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TikTok, known in mainland China and Hong Kong[3] as Douyin (Chinese: 抖音; pinyin: Dǒuyīn; lit. 'Shaking Sound'),[4] is a short-form video-hosting service owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance. It hosts user-submitted videos, which may range in duration from three seconds to 60 minutes.[5] It can be accessed through a mobile app or through its website.
Since its launch, TikTok has become one of the world's most popular social media platforms, using recommendation algorithms to connect content creators and influencers with new audiences.[6] In April 2020, TikTok surpassed two billion mobile downloads worldwide.[7] Cloudflare ranked TikTok the most popular website of 2021, surpassing Google.[8] The popularity of TikTok has allowed viral trends in food, fashion, and music to take off and increase the platform's cultural impact worldwide.[9][10]
TikTok has come under scrutiny due to data privacy violations, mental health concerns, misinformation, offensive content, and its role during the Gaza war.[11][12] Countries have fined, banned, or attempted to restrict TikTok to protect children or out of national security concerns over possible user data collection by the government of People's Republic of China through ByteDance.[11][13]
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- ^ "抖音". App Store. Archived from the original on 17 December 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ Grundy, Tom (15 March 2024). "Why is TikTok blocked in Hong Kong?". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ Lin, Pellaeon (22 March 2021). "TikTok vs Douyin: A Security and Privacy Analysis". Citizen Lab. Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "TikTok says it's testing letting users post 60-minute videos". CBS News. 17 May 2024. Archived from the original on 31 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
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- ^ Miltsov, Alex (2022). "Researching TikTok: Themes, Methods, and Future Directions". The SAGE Handbook of Social Media Research Methods. SAGE Publications Ltd. pp. 664–676. doi:10.4135/9781529782943.n46. ISBN 9781529720969.
Even though TikTok is only a few years old, it has already been shaping the ways millions of people interact online and engage in artistic, cultural, social, and political activities.
- ^ Tashjian, Rachel (6 May 2024). ""How TikTok changed fashion"".
- ^ a b Maheshwari, Sapna; Holpuch, Amanda (12 December 2023). "Why Countries Are Trying to Ban TikTok". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ Maheshwari, Sapna (28 March 2024). "How the Israel-Hamas War Has Roiled TikTok Internally". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ Peterson, Kristina; Volz, Dustin; Andrews, Natalie (15 March 2024). "TikTok's Fate Now Hinges on the Senate". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
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