What is ByteDance? | CNBC Explains

ByteDance is known as China’s most famous consumer app factory. The company is behind social media apps like international sensation TikTok, Douyin, and AI-powered news aggregator Toutiao. CNBC’s Nessa Anwar explores the meteoric rise of the Chinese tech giant.

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[gunjanshrivastava]

guess who listened to merkel's phone calls...

[MrAmgadHasan]

The Chinese are pros at endurance games. They can wait for years until they are ready, then they charge head on with full power.

[michallacki]

"In countries like the European Union" ... guys please... why do Americans think the EU is a country ?

[henk]

I do not mind people being critical.
Do not criticize blindly.
Do your home work.
Start being critical at your own country first before looking at another.
You want to change the world start at home.

[alamayaification]

In fact, ordinary Chinese have less political ideology than Westerners and Indians. Chinese people just want to work hard to make money and improve the quality of life. The mind full of ideology is precisely the basic idea of ​​people in so-called democratic countries. And this is precisely the important reason that hinders the mutual understanding between human beings to the community.

[ninjapirate]

Even if tiktok was made in China, it became a very popular app around the world. This is probably the most used chinese app in the world

[grandbaycentral]

content platforms that inform, educate, entertain and inspire people across languages

[watchdealer]

TikTok's UI is beautiful and its algorithm is best by far.

[happymuffin]

The Chinese are conquering with tiktok and genshin and most ppl don't even know they are chinese 😌

[pkydvshieldindiamusicsim]

Great fact about bytedance company, I like your news, thanks!.

[grodan]

Everyone need to also realise that these tensions are temporary, as business fluctuates with passage of time. Unlike India China tensions, which are based on national boundaries conflicts, the souring of US China relationship is mostly because of Trump's personal opinion, and as soon as his mind changes or the President changes, this might go away in a whoosh

[kyounghohan]

This company is really powerful in the world I think.

[madhankumars]

Her voice is very much clarity & I think mostly it's look like as a median

[sasidharnaidu]

People won't realise how naive they are for wasting time on tiktok...

[anthonysoffice]

have your ever heard about PRISM plans?

[chonkklee]

It's just an app. America is way too worried about it.

[oghuvwublessing]

Proverbs 25:27 It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.
Proverbs 25:28Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control

[nickngunjiri]

If you can't compete with them ban them

[nitadani]

Thats babe app from my country indonesian. So proud 🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

[emsik]

we need to stop buying online, we are killing off local stores buying online, being lazy :(