TikTok was founded by Zhang Yiming. He is also the founder of ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok. Zhang Yiming started ByteDance in 2012, and TikTok was officially launched in September 2016.

Who’s still in the running for consideration to buy TikTok? And will it even matter? Here’s an updated list of probable and ...

TikTok's fame and reach have sparked fear from U.S. officials on national security risks — here is the summary of events that have occurred so far.

When Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US president on January 20, several tech tycoons were present - from Amazon.com's ...

Microsoft, which declined to comment on the president’s remarks, had discussed buying TikTok in 2020, when Trump tried to ...

Founded by entrepreneur Zhang Yiming in 2012, ByteDance is set to invest 4.5 billion yuan (US$615 million) in a new computing centre in Datong, a city in northern Shanxi province, as part of ...

Social-media giant ByteDance, China's most valuable unicorn, on Thursday unveiled its Seed Edge initiative, a long-term artificial intelligence (AI) research programme that is expected to shore up the ...

ByteDance, the parent company of the Chinese video platform TikTok, has reportedly advised its Chinese national employees to pay income tax in China. This could affect employees looking to take ...

ByteDance's global revenue grew to $110 billion (£89 billion) last year, a rise of 30%. ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming, who stepped aside as chief executive in 2021, is China's richest person. Trump ...

President Donald Trump had recently expressed his support in SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk or Oracle CEO Larry Ellison ...

A major shareholder of ByteDance, the Beijing-based owner of TikTok, said Wednesday he was confident that a deal will be reached to ensure the video-sharing app stays online in the US — and ...