From a global success story to landing in the crosshairs of governments around the world, TikTok’s journey has been a rollercoaster ride
BEIJING/SHANGHAI - Microsoft Corp’s potential acquisition of TikTok’s U.S. operations is the latest twist in a rollercoaster two years for the short video app, which has come under growing scrutiny from overseas governments as its global popularity soars.
U.S. President Donald Trump has now given ByteDance and Microsoft until Sept. 15 to reach a deal. Microsoft is also looking to buy the app’s Canadian, Australian and New Zealand services. 2018 - ByteDance integrates Musical.ly into TikTok. Indonesian authorities ban TikTok for containing “pornography, inappropriate content and blasphemy”. The ban is lifted a week later after TikTok agrees to remove “all negative content” from the app and open an office in Indonesia.
June 10, 2020 - European Union regulators begin to scrutinize TikTok’s practices after the Netherlands’ data protection commission decided to open an investigation into the company’s policies to protect children’s data. July 7, 2020 - Trump suggests a TikTok ban could be deployed to punish China for the outbreak of the coronavirus.
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