Douyin, the Chinese equivalent of TikTok, is very different and "much more pro-social," NYU professor Jonathan Haidt told ...

TikTok's Chinese sibling Douyin "isn't motivated to create so-called cocoons", said ByteDance executive Li Liang in an interview published on Tuesday by Chinese outlet Ifeng News. On the contrary ...

In 2016, Beijing-based ByteDance launched Douyin, an app for sharing short videos, in the Chinese market. ByteDance released TikTok for the international market the following year, shortly before ...

Reports that Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, is now available internationally have surfaced. But it’s not true.

Challenges came in tandem with TikTok’s success. U.S. officials expressed concerns about the company’s roots and ownership, pointing to laws in China that require Chinese companies to hand over data ...

"Shark Tank" investor Kevin O'Leary discussed TikTok's future, particularly the role of a "secret golden share" as his offer ...

Content creators have been pushing users to Bytedance’s app Lemon8 as TikTok faces a ban in the United States. AP Photo/Richard Drew, File In addition, the company operates Douyin, the Chinese ...

Chinese video-sharing platform Douyin, which is owned by tech behemoth ByteDance, will build a tertiary hospital in Chaoyang ...

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok and Douyin, is set to invest 4.5 billion yuan (US$614 million) in a new computing centre in the city of Datong, in northern Shanxi province, as China's most ...

Starting in 2017, when the Chinese social video app merged with its competitor Musical.ly, TikTok has grown from a niche teen ...