ByteDance Ltd. is a Chinese internet technology company headquartered in Haidian, Beijing and incorporated in the Cayman Islands.
Founded by Zhang Yiming, Liang Rubo and a team of others in 2012, ByteDance developed the video-sharing apps TikTok and Douyin. The company is also the developer of the news platform Toutiao.
ByteDance has attracted legislative and media attention in several countries over security, surveillance, and censorship concerns.
Kampuni ya TikTok imetangaza kwamba itasitisha rasmi shughuli zake nchini Marekani ifikapo Januari 19, 2025, iwapo Mahakama Kuu haitasitisha au kuchelewesha sheria inayotaka ByteDance, kampuni mama ya TikTok, kuuza hisa zake kwa mwekezaji wa Marekani.
Soma: TikTok yapewa muda hadi Januari 19...
Kampuni ya ByteDance ambayo ni Kampuni mama ya Mtandao wa Kijamii wa TikTok, imeshikilia msimamo wake kuwa haitauza mtandao huo licha ya tishio la kufungiwa nchini Marekani.
Bunge la Marekani hivi karibuni lilipitisha sheria ya kuilazimisha Bytedance, ambayo ni Kampuni ya China kuuza mtandao...