India ban hits TikTok download numbers hard globally

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Bengaluru: Chinese short-video app TikTok remained the most downloaded app worldwide in September, beating Zoom, Facebook, and WhatsApp, three months after India, its largest market, banned the platform for allegedly being a security threat.However, the growth in downloads slowed to a measly 2% in September over the same month last year, according to the data … Read more

ByteDance may move TikTok headquarters out of China as India bans app

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Chinese Internet giant ByteDance is considering changing the corporate structure of its popular short-video app TikTok, as it comes under intense scrutiny in India and the United States. Senior executives are discussing options such as creating a new management board for TikTok or establishing a headquarters for the app outside of China to distance the … Read more