How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat

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How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat
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Columbus Children's Theatre's production of 'Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame' runs through May 5 at the Lincoln Theatre in downtown Columbus.

Starting in 2017, when the Chinese social video app merged with its competitor Musical.ly, TikTok has grown from a teen app into a global trendsetter.FILE - A TikTok sign is displayed on their building in Culver City, Calif., March 11, 2024. SAN FRANCISCO — If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that's probably because it has, at least if you're measuring via internet time.

Starting in 2017, when the Chinese social video app merged with its competitor Musical.ly, TikTok has grown from a niche teen app into a global trendsetter. While, of course, also emerging as a potential national security threat, according to U.S. officials.within a year or to shut down. It's not clear whether that law will survive an expected legal challenge or that ByteDance would agree to sell.Startup Musical.

Powered by an algorithm that encourages binge-watching, users begin to share a wide variety of video on the app, including dance moves, kitchen food preparation and various “challenges” to perform, record and post acts that range from serious to satirical.Rapper Lil Nas X releases the country-trap song “Old Town Road” on TikTok, where it goes viral and pushes the song to a on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The Guardian reports on internal documents that reportedly detail how TikTok instructs its moderators to delete or limit the reach of federal investigations of its Musical.ly acquisitionThe Pentagon recommends that all U.S. military personnel delete TikTok from all phones, personal and government-issued. Some services ban the app on military owned phones. In January, the Pentagon bans the app from all military phones.Privacy groups file a complaint alleging TikTok is still violating U.S.

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