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The app will be owned by allies of the president but retain ties to China

There is a lot more to the Chinese tech giant than its American offshoot

TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been at the center of controversy in the U.S. for four years now due to…

It is a challenge for TikTok's parent company ByteDance as well as global ambitions for other Chinese tech companies.

The app would have gone dark if China’s ByteDance had not divested by Wednesday.

TikTok and other China-linked apps dominated U.S. app downloads in 2025, defying mounting political pressure, trade restrictions…