- “YouTube on Steroids”: TikTok is a video app that lets users post 15-second clips with background music.
- The app is extremely popular among teenager, with 750 million downloads over the past 12 months alone (exceeds Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp combined).
- TikTok is owned by Bytedance, a $75 billion Chinese firm that fueled TikTok’s growth by allegedly spending $1 billion on social media ads last year.
- The Beijing connection has some US politicians worried about China’s access to data on millions of Americans.
