TikTok: Staff in China can access UK, EU user data
London/UNI: Chinese video-sharing platform TikTok has told users that some of its workers in China have access to the data of accounts in the UK and European Union EU.
TikTok beats Facebook as most downloaded social media app in 2020
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The Chinese social video platform TikTok became the most downloaded app among social networks in 2020, edging out Facebook Messenger, Japan's Nikkei newspaper reported on Tuesday.
ByteDance has no immediate plans of IPO : Report
Beijing/IBNS: TikTok-owner ByteDance has said that it has no immediate plans for an Initial Public Offering (IPO), according to a Reuters report.
San Francisco/ IBNS: Twitter Inc has approached ByteDance, expressing interest in buying its popular video sharing app TikTok's US operations, media reports said, adding that the deal is unlikely as tech giant Microsoft has offered to buy not only TikTok's US operations but the whole of it.
Microsoft to Wrap Up Talks on Purchase of TikTok in September - Company Statement
Washignton/Sputnik: Microsoft plans to finish negotiations with ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, on the purchase of the Chinese-based video-sharing app no later than September 15, Microsoft said in a statement.