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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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Tang's ex-wife, Amachu, who was 30, was an ethnic minority Tibetan vlogger who went by the name "Lamu" and had more than 770,000 followers on Douyin - China's version of TikTok.