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As China makes inroads, what happens when the internet gets less American?
The discussion about TikTok in US political circles has become caught up in the broader tug of war between the US and China
 "As China makes inroads, what happens when the internet gets less American?")
ByteDance weighs selling stake in TikTok after US claims security threat
ByteDance has emerged as the world's most valuable startup on the explosive popularity of TikTok, where more than a billion, largely young, users share short clips of lip-syncing and dance videos
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Amid US probe, China's ByteDance moves to ringfence its TikTok app
A US panel is probing the safety of personal data handled by the company
TikTok's chief Alex Zhu is on a mission to prove it is not a menace
The head of the Chinese-owned viral video app is trying to assuage Washington's fears. "I am quite optimistic," he said
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Baidu knocked off China's list of 5 most valuable internet companies
Baidu has struggled to fend off competition from the likes of Tencent and ByteDance Inc., both of which are luring smartphone-savvy consumers and advertisers to their popular mini-video
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From NSDC to Kerala Tourism, TikTok is moulding a new image with tie-ups
Too big a market to risk a ban on its operations, the Chinese social media app is crafting a counter narrative
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TikTok parent ByteDance plans to set up international data centre in India
The company has set an internal target of 6-18 months to set up the data centre
TikTok parent targets 100 million users by end of 2019 for Helo app
In addition to holding topical and regular campaigns related to ongoing festivals and sports events like the Cricket World Cup, Helo has partnered locally popular television shows
TikTok parent company ByteDance appoints new monetisation lead for India
Singh is joining ByteDance from digital media advertising agency GroupM, where he was the CEO for South Asia
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China's king of internet fluff 'ByteDance' wants to conquer the world
Bytedance, which owns Tik Tok and Musical.ly, recently secured $3 bn in new funding from SoftBank and others and has found a rare measure of success by doing things a little differently
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