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  • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
    FT MagazineElaine Moore
    Reach for the stars: what Clubhouse can learn from TikTok

    ‘Celebrities are a shortcut to attention, but they do not guarantee people will stick around’

  • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
    TikTok Inc
    Biden reconsiders Trump effort to ban TikTok

    Review revealed in court filings as video app’s future remains in limbo

  • Sunday, 7 February, 2021
    Social Media
    TikTok takes on Facebook with US ecommerce push

    Viral video app set to unveil a suite of new online shopping tools

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    #techFT
    Social’s splintering apps

    SoftBank Vision improves, Krebs on crime, BT’s Hybrid Connect

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    ByteDance files lawsuit against Tencent in tit-for-tat battle

    Suit alleging abuse of market dominance immediately elicited a promise of retaliation

  • Friday, 25 December, 2020
    Due Diligence
    The best of DD’s corporate finance coverage in 2020 Premium

    We’re counting down our top-10 topics of the year

  • Saturday, 5 December, 2020
    Deadline passes for ByteDance to restructure TikTok

    Chinese group remains in talks on short video app’s status in the US

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    TikTok Inc
    ByteDance gets seven more days to resolve TikTok US ownership

    Trump administration grants further extension as future of video app in the country hangs in balance

  • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
    LexChinese business & finance
    China live-streaming: virtual money Premium

    As tech giants reassess business models, investors should do the same with their expectations

  • Promoted Content
  • Friday, 13 November, 2020
    TikTok Inc
    US grants TikTok extension on sale deadline

    Video app’s Chinese owner says it has been given extra 15 days to satisfy national security concerns

  • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
    Lex
    TikTok: limbo time Premium

    ByteDance files legal challenge to extend November 12 deadline to sell US operations

  • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
    TikTok Inc
    TikTok challenges Trump order ahead of US divestment deadline

    Chinese-owned video app has until Thursday to prove it will not be a threat to US security

  • Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
    TikTok Inc
    TikTok moves into social ecommerce with Shopify deal

    Partnership will allow users to shop as they scroll through short-form videos

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    News in-depth
    TikTok battles to stay ‘apolitical’ ahead of US election

    ByteDance-owned short-video platform faces its first big content moderation test

  • Thursday, 8 October, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    China blurs lines between private and state business

    Entrepreneurs are being pressed to support political objectives

  • Sunday, 4 October, 2020
    Ex-Chinese official ran TikTok’s content policy as app went global

    Cai Zheng was diplomat in China’s embassy in Tehran before joining TikTok’s owner ByteDance

  • Monday, 28 September, 2020
    US-China trade dispute
    Judge blocks Trump’s app store ban on TikTok

    Ruling comes just hours before Apple and Google would have been forced to remove video app

  • Thursday, 24 September, 2020
    ByteDance asks China for licence to export tech ahead of Trump ban

    Chinese group rushes to finalise deal for TikTok’s US operations as US blocking deadline nears

  • Wednesday, 23 September, 2020
    TikTok Inc
    TikTok requests injunction against US app store ban

    Challenge to Trump order comes as owner ByteDance struggles to seal restructuring deal

  • Wednesday, 23 September, 2020
    TikTok Inc
    China’s state media denounce TikTok deal as ‘dirty and unfair’

    Editorials signal Beijing may not approve parent ByteDance’s agreement with Oracle and Walmart

  • Tuesday, 22 September, 2020
    Inside BusinessTom Mitchell
    China has the upper hand in corporate proxy wars with US

    Xi was better than Trump at playing the long game during their first tussle involving ZTE and Qualcomm

  • Monday, 21 September, 2020
    LexTikTok Inc
    TikTok Global: victory gap Premium

    ByteDance is the clear winner from the deal with Oracle and Walmart

  • Monday, 21 September, 2020
    TikTok Inc
    TikTok deal hit by confusion over who will own and control the app

    ByteDance contradicts claims by Donald Trump, Oracle and Walmart as both sides seek to spin deal

  • Monday, 21 September, 2020
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    UK lockdown, ECB pandemic tools, Trump on Chinese tech

    Rishi Sunak is to extend the Treasury’s UK-wide programme of Covid-19 business support loans

  • Sunday, 20 September, 2020
    Doubts surround ‘education fund’ at heart of US TikTok deal

    Questions over $5bn ‘patriotic’ venture could hold up deal between ByteDance, Oracle and Walmart

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