Both are owned by Beijing-based parent company ByteDance, but Douyin launched before TikTok and became a viral sensation in China. Its powerful algorithm became the foundation for TikTok and is ...

Already locked out of online games for much of the week, Chinese teenagers are now further limited in how they can use their free time after popular short-video platform Douyin, the Chinese version of ...

Douyin users are mainly concentrated in first and second-tier cities in China, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. Among them, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou have the highest ...

As Douyin becomes an essential part of the everyday culture of many Chinese people, it has become a far more powerful tool than might have been expected when it was first launched.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) renewed calls to ban TikTok in the U.S. following reports that the Chinese government has acquired an ownership stake in its parent company, ByteDance.“The Biden ...

Iran's China mission now has over 1.3 million followers on Douyin, while the Israeli Embassy has 333,000 followers.

Reports speak of an app called M2 which would become the US version of TikTok, similar to how Douyin is TikTok in China.

TikTok's Beijing-based owner was among the companies under pressure this month to get tough on moneymaking stunts after a livestreamer reportedly drank himself to death two weeks ago. China's most ...

In the United States, TikTok claims 170 million users. But in China, about 700 million use the domestic version, Douyin, and 300 million scroll the headlines on Toutiao, a news app.

Special Series Untangling Disinformation China's influence operations against the U.S. are bigger than TikTok April 26, 20245:00 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition Shannon Bond ...

TikTok owner ByteDance, whose Douyin short video app has emerged as a popular e-commerce shopping platform in China, will cut the guarantee deposit payable by merchants, in a move designed to keep ...