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1. • • But TikTok is ultimately owned, through a complex multi-layered corporate structure, by ByteDance, a privately owned technology giant. The app is owned by TikTok LLC, a limited liability company incorporated in Delaware and based in Culver City, California.
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   Is TikTok a Chinese company?

   • Myth: TikTok's parent company, ByteDance Ltd., is Chinese owned. Fact: TikTok’s parent company ByteDance Ltd. was founded by Chinese entrepreneurs, but today, roughly sixty percent of the company is beneficially owned by global institutional investors such as Carlyle Group, General Atlantic, and Susquehanna International Group.

   The Truth About TikTok: Separating Fact from Fiction

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   Does TikTok still exist in China?

   • TikTok is fighting to stay alive in the United States as pressure builds in Washington to ban the app if its Chinese owners don’t sell the company. But the wildly popular platform, developed with homegrown Chinese technology, isn’t accessible in China. In fact, it’s never existed there.

   TikTok is owned by a Chinese company. So why doesn’t it exist ... - CNN

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   Where is TikTok based?

   • TikTok's senior leadership team is based in Singapore, the United States, and Ireland. As would be expected with any subsidiary of a holding company, high level decisions around financial matters and corporate governance are made in concert with the ByteDance board and CEO. None of those individuals reside in mainland China.

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   Who owns TikTok?

   • ByteDance’s website shows that the company developed TikTok as a global short video product and formally launched it in May 2017. Six months later, it acquired rival Musical.ly and subsequently merged it with the main platform. According to TikTok’s own website, its subsidiaries around the world are all structured under Bytedance Ltd.

   TikTok: Is it really Chinese? | CNN Business

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   Does China have a 'golden share' in TikTok?

   • According to The Wall Street Journal, ByteDance agreed in 2021 to allow the Chinese government to take a 1% ownership stake known as a “golden share” at one of its China-based subsidiaries, Beijing Douyin Information Service Co., which runs Douyin, an app available in China that’s similar to TikTok. (TikTok is not available in mainland China.)

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   Could TikTok share data with China?

   • In particular, they worry that TikTok, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, could share data with the Chinese government or manipulate content displayed on its platform. So far, there’s little evidence to support these concerns.

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3. www.cnn.com › 2023/03/24 › techTikTok is owned by a Chinese company. So why doesn’t it exist ...

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   Mar 18, 2024 · TikTok has never operated in mainland China — a fact that its Singaporean CEO, Shou Chew, has repeatedly touted when grilled by American officials. So, just how “Chinese” is it, and why...

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6. newsroom.tiktok.com › en-au › the-truth-about-tiktokThe Truth About TikTok: Separating Fact from Fiction.

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   Apr 17, 2023 · Fact: TikTok’s parent company ByteDance Ltd. was founded by Chinese entrepreneurs, but today, roughly sixty percent of the company is beneficially owned by global institutional investors such as Carlyle Group, General Atlantic, and Susquehanna International Group.

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   Mar 20, 2024 · The bill would require ByteDance, a China-based company, to sell TikTok, which has 170 million U.S. users, to a non-Chinese owner within six months or face a U.S. ban. The Senate would also need...

8. www.politifact.com › factchecks › 2024The Chinese government “owns” TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance.

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   Mar 14, 2024 · China holds a 1% ownership stake in one of ByteDance’s China-based subsidiaries, Beijing Douyin Information Service Co., which runs an app in China similar to TikTok.

9. www.nbcnews.com › investigations › tiktok-says-notTikTok says it's not spreading Chinese propaganda. The U.S ...

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   Sep 16, 2024 · TikTok is asking a federal court to stop a law that could ban the social media platform in the U.S. But two studies suggest TikTok blocks info critical of China, and a new analysis argues...

10. www.bbc.com › news › technology-64797355Is TikTok really a danger to the West? - BBC

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    China has attacked a bill going through US Congress that could ultimately see TikTok banned in the States, calling it unjust. It is the latest move in a years-long row over safety fears about the...