Topic - Bytedance

ByteDance Ltd. is a Chinese multinational internet technology company headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance is reportedly worth over US$100 billion as of May 2020. - Source: Wikipedia

Related Stories

The jihadi-leftist convergence illustration by Alexander Hunter/ The Washington Times

The jihadi-leftist convergence

By Clifford D. May

Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump motions after speaking at a campaign rally Sunday, June 9, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Trump leans into his star power on TikTok to court young voters

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Analyst sees TikTok’s role in Chinese cognitive warfare

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 25, 2019, file photo, soldiers practice marching in formation ahead of the military parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing. (Naohiko Hatta/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Chinese spy defects, reveals Beijing’s secrets

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A woman walks in front of SoftBank store in Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, Jan. 20, 2020. SoftBank Group trimmed its losses for the fiscal year through March to about a quarter of the red ink it racked up a year earlier, as its investment losses declined, the Japanese technology company said Monday, May 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Japan’s SoftBank Group trims investment losses but remains in red for fiscal year

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

TikTok sues U.S. to stop Congress’ ban

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

TikTok sues U.S. to block law that could ban the social media platform

By Haleluya Hadero - Associated Press

Two Judeo-Christian values China accidentally acknowledges in the TikTok debate

By Abdu Murray – Special to Higher Ground

These are the countries where TikTok is already banned

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press

TikTok has promised to sue over the potential U.S. ban. What’s the legal outlook?

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives as the Senate prepares to advance the $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan passed by the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate passes $95 billion aid bill after delay, Biden poised to sign

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., speaks at an event on Aug. 15, 2023, in Seattle. TikTok's extensive lobbying campaign is the latest tech industry push since the House passed legislation that would ban the popular app if its China-based owner doesn't sell its stake. Cantwell, the Senate Commerce Committee Chairwoman, has so far been reluctant to embrace the TikTok bill, calling for hearings first and suggesting that the Senate may want to rewrite it. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) **FILE**

Democratic Sen. Cantwell welcomes House’s TikTok crackdown

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service on Monday, April 8, 2024, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, center, walks from the plane upon his arrival in Beijing, China. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is visiting Beijing to display the strength of ties with close diplomatic ally China amid Moscow's grinding war against Ukraine. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visits Beijing to highlight ties with key diplomatic partner

Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talks withreporters to discuss efforts to pass the final set of spending bills to avoid a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, March 20, 2024. The race is on for Congress to pass the final spending package for the current budget year and push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall. With spending set to expire for several key federal agencies at midnight Friday, the House and Senate are expected to take up a $1.2 trillion measure that combines six annual spending bills into one package.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Reviewing TikTok crackdown plan is on Schumer’s to-do list, but not urgent

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden greets China's President President Xi Jinping at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, Calif., Nov, 15, 2023, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative conference. Biden and Xi spoke Tuesday in their first call since their November summit in California, Chinese state media reported. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool) **FILE**

Biden and Xi discuss Taiwan, AI and fentanyl in a push to return to regular leader talks

By Zeke Miller, Didi Tang and Fatima Hussein - Associated Press