{"id":137287,"date":"2025-09-26T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=137287"},"modified":"2025-09-26T12:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T12:00:15","slug":"tiktok-how-a-viral-app-navigated-turbulent-times-to-secure-its-place-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=137287","title":{"rendered":"TikTok: how a viral app navigated turbulent times to secure its place in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostBeijing-based ByteDance launched the international version of its short video app in 2017. TikTok soon became a global hit thanks to its advanced algorithm. This success, however, drew the attention of the US government and others, which raised concerns about data privacy and national security.<br \/>\nAfter a rocky few years, TikTok seems ready to secure a permanent foothold in the US market via a deal that would see American investors control the US operations.<br \/>\nThe following timeline plots TikTok\u2019s&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/3327039\/tiktoks-tumultuous-journey-global-sensation-geopolitical-bargaining-chip?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostBeijing-based ByteDance launched the international version of its short video app in 2017. TikTok soon became a global hit thanks to its advanced algorithm.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137287"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}