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Who Really Owns ByteDance? - The Wire China
A close look at the investors that built ByteDance into the company that it is today.
Exclusive: ByteDance censored anti-China content in Indonesia until mid-2020, sources say
Chinese tech giant ByteDance censored content it perceived as critical of the Chinese government on its news aggregator app in Indonesia from 2018 to mid-2020, six people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
ByteDance refocuses on education apps in China amid trouble overseas
ByteDance senior vice president Chen Lin said the company will invest in education without expecting it to be profitable for at least the next three years.
TikTok found to have tracked Android users’ MAC addresses until late last year
Until late last year social video app TikTok was using an extra layer of encryption to conceal a tactic for tracking Android users via the MAC address of their device, which skirted Google’s policies and did not allow users to opt out, The Wall Street Journal reports. Users were also not informed of this form […]
ByteDance takes step toward entering online stock broking in Hong Kong
Beijing-based ByteDance, the owner of global short video hit TikTok, is taking steps to move into the online stock brokerage and wealth management business in Hong Kong, trademark registration documents show.
WSJ News Exclusive | Twitter, TikTok Have Held Preliminary Talks About Possible Combination
Twitter has had preliminary talks about a potential combination with TikTok, the popular video-sharing app that the Trump administration has declared a national-security threat due to its Chinese ownership, according to people familiar with the matter.
Trump Wants U.S. to Get Cut of Any TikTok Deal. No One Knows How That’d Work.
The president has repeatedly called for a big payment to the Treasury Department if a Chinese company sells the app to Microsoft, but there is no provision in the law for that.
Microsoft CEO Nadella Wades Into U.S.-China Tensions in TikTok Pursuit
Merger deals are rarely simple. But Satya Nadella now is attempting to ink a takeover agreement that satisfies not only both the companies and their shareholders, but two governments in bitter competition for technological clout.
Apple Blockbuster Quarter Boosted by Strong Sales in China
Apple Inc. pulled off a strong quarter in China by switching up retail tactics and pushing a cheaper iPhone, becoming one of the few U.S. tech giants to ride the country’s post-pandemic recovery despite Washington-Beijing tensions.
TikTok Ban Threats Are Bad News for the Chinese Tech Industry
The U.S., India and Australia have all expressed concerns over the app’s Beijing ties.
TikTok’s Former Chief to Oversee Investment at ByteDance
TikTok’s co-creator and former chief will oversee ByteDance Ltd.’s investment arm, heading up the search for the company’s next breakthrough app and stepping further away from the viral video sensation that’s been caught in the cross-hairs of U.S.-China tensions.
TikTok Enlists Army of Lobbyists as Suspicions Over China Ties Grow (Published 2020)
The viral social media app has beefed up its lobbying operation to counter several potential actions in Washington that could threaten the company’s future.
Amazon Backtracks From Demand That Employees Delete TikTok (Published 2020)
TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been under scrutiny as a potential national security threat.
TikTok’s Hong Kong exit isn’t a stand against Beijing’s internet censorship
If TikTok continues to operate in Hong Kong, it would be in a much trickier position than foreign tech firms.
In Hong Kong, a Proxy Battle Over Internet Freedom Begins (Published 2020)
As the city grapples with new restrictions on online speech, American tech giants are on the front line of a clash between China and the United States over the internet’s future.
TikTok Maker Seeks to Strike Balance as China, U.S. Step Up Geopolitical Pressure
The Chinese maker of TikTok, the popular short-video platform, said it would pull its app out of Hong Kong amid concerns about a new national-security law, its second market exit in as many weeks.
India's Chinese app ban seen jolting ByteDance's India plans, angers some TikTok users
An Indian ban on dozens of Chinese apps following a border clash between the two nations has possibly derailed a $1 billion India expansion plan of China's ByteDance, while also sparking an uproar from users of its popular TikTok video app.
A Singing Xi Jinping Look-Alike Battles the Censors in China (Published 2020)
The baritone Liu Keqing has spent his career delighting fans in opera houses and on social media, but lately his likeness has attracted the Chinese authorities’ attention.
Masayoshi Son is departing the board of Alibaba, SoftBank’s most successful investment
The "divorce" between Son and Ma comes as the golden age for global tech entrepreneurs seems about to be over.
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son Quits Alibaba Board
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son said he would step down as a director of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, bringing to a close a decade and a half of board-level ties between the two Asian technology powerhouses.
