ByteDance expected to play big role in new US TikTok, sources sayByteDance will be maintaining ownership of TikTok's US business operations and will cede control of the app's data, content and algorithm t...
26 Sep, 2025, 08.21 PM IST
Big setback for TikTok US deal, Blackstone drops out of consortium bid orchestrated by Donald Trump, claims report. What will happen now?Blackstone’s reported exit highlights the complexities and uncertainties involved in the TikTok US deal.
19 Jul, 2025, 04.42 AM IST
Judge says former ByteDance executive lied in suit against companyYintao Yu, head of engineering for ByteDance's U.S. operations from August 2017 to November 2018, filed a wrongful-dismissal suit against t...
14 Dec, 2024, 08.39 AM IST
ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail: reportByteDance considers shutting down TikTok over U.S. ban legislation, unlikely to sell due to crucial algorithms. China opposes forced sale. ...
26 Apr, 2024, 09.46 AM IST
Tik Tok ban in US: When will the video sharing app stop working for you?The TikTok ban bill has been proposed amid concerns that ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, could potentially grant the Chinese gover...
26 Apr, 2024, 12.30 AM IST
Five reasons why the US wants to ban TikTokMembers of Congress in March complained that the Chinese government has a "golden share" in ByteDance, giving it power over TikTok.
18 May, 2023, 10.50 AM IST
TikTok owner ByteDance 'scraped' content from Instagram, SnapchatByteDance allegedly took videos, usernames, pictures and more from the social media platforms and uploaded them to the app without users' c...
05 Apr, 2022, 10.48 AM IST
Timeline: ByteDance founder who put TikTok on global map to quit as CEOZhang, 38, turned ByteDance into a social media powerhouse which has also had many brushes with global regulators
20 May, 2021, 04.19 PM IST
ByteDance owned TikTok working on a comeback strategy for IndiaTikTok has been hunting for partner firms for functions such as legal, policy and advocacy and communications in India and has shortlisted ...
11 Nov, 2020, 08.19 AM IST
TikTok owner ByteDance in fundraising talks that will value it at $180 bln -sourcesThe company is discussing the round with existing investors including Sequoia Capital and General Atlantic to raise around $2 billion for t...
05 Nov, 2020, 09.09 PM IST
How a marked-up term sheet and messy rollout threw TikTok deal into disarrayWhat appeared as a coup clinched by Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc investment banker, did not hold. ByteDance would subsequently...
23 Sep, 2020, 10.34 PM IST
China's ByteDance says TikTok will be its subsidiary under deal with Donald TrumpTrump signed an executive order on Aug. 14 giving ByteDance 90 days to sell TikTok, amid concerns that the personal data of as many as 100 ...
21 Sep, 2020, 12.10 PM IST
ByteDance says proposal for TikTok partnership will need both Chinese and U.S. approvalThe proposal, submitted to the Trump administration over the weekend, envisages Oracle becoming a "trusted" technology partner and making T...
17 Sep, 2020, 02.36 PM IST
Trump says Oracle close to TikTok deal as ByteDance aims for majority ownershipPresident Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had heard Oracle Corp was very close to a deal over ByteDance's TikTok, even as sources said the ...
16 Sep, 2020, 09.49 AM IST
How ByteDance's CEO Yiming Zhang balked at selling TikTok's U.S. businessChina's opposition to a forced sale of TikTok, as well as concerns by major ByteDance backers such as Sequoia and General Atlantic over the...
15 Sep, 2020, 11.20 AM IST
Aspiring TikTok buyers pursue four options in effort to revive talksOther options being considered include asking for Chinese approval to pass TikTok's algorithm on to the acquirer of the short video app's U...
02 Sep, 2020, 10.03 PM IST
ByteDance investors seek to use stakes to finance TikTok bid - SourcesByteDance has been in talks to divest TikTok's North America, Australia and New Zealand operations to potential acquirers, including Micros...
24 Aug, 2020, 02.42 PM IST