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Aug 2, 2018 · Musical.ly users opened their phones to a surprise today as they found the app replaced with a new logo and name: TikTok. The app was acquired by Chinese company ByteDance in November 2017,...
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Nov 13, 2019 · Musical.ly was a Shanghai-based startup that first launched in 2014. The social media platform was intended to mimic Vine, housing videos between 15 seconds and one minute long. While the...
- Bytedance Launches Douyin
- Bytedance Buys Musical.Ly
- Tiktok Hits 1 Billion Global Downloads
- India Bans Tiktok
- Creator Fund Is Launched
- Donald Trump Tries to Ban Tiktok
- Tiktok Sues Trump Administration
- Charli D’Amelio Becomes First Account to Hit 100 Million Followers
- Pakistan Bans Tiktok
- Biden Revokes Trump’s Order to Ban Tiktok
In September 2016, before TikTok came the Chinese app Douyin. The ByteDance owned app was originally named A.me, but a few months later in December, it was renamed. Within just a year, the app had around 100 million users, and with over a billion videos viewed per day, the venture was certainly a success. This got the company interested in explorin...
Musical.ly was officially released in August 2014, and had many of the same features TikTok is known for today. Users were able to create short videos lip-syncing to popular songs, interacting with other users via trending sounds and hashtags. On November 9, 2017, ByteDance spent up to $1 billion US dollars to purchase Mucical.ly, which had offices...
According to analytics site Sensor Tower, TikTok hit 1 billion downloads globally in February 2019 (excluding Android downloads from China.) The app was gaining popularity fast in countries like India, which made up over 40% of the total downloads in 2018. The merger with Musical.ly was proving to be a huge success, and TikTok’s growth showed no si...
On June 29, 2020, TikTok was completely banned in India along with 223 other Chinese apps. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology claimed the app was “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of India, security of state and public order.”
While TikTok creators were always able to make money via brand deals and other endeavors, there originally lacked a direct way to make money from video views. That changed when they launchedthe Creator Fund of $200 million in July 2020, which was designed as a way to support growing creators on the app monetarily. Shortly after announcing it, the f...
In one of the biggest controversies since the app began, former US President Donald Trump attempted to ban TikTok transactionswithin the country. He signed an executive order on August 6, 2020, which dictated that transactions would be banned if the app wasn’t sold by Bytedance within 45 days.
In retaliation, TikTok filed a lawsuit against Trumpon September 18, requesting a preliminary injunction that would stop the app from being banned. Judge Carl J. Nichols then blocked the order that would prevent TikTok from being downloaded in the US. He also later issued a preliminary injunction against the Commerce Department which meant they wer...
Then 16-year-old Charli D’Amelio made history when she became the first account on TikTok to surpass100 million followers in November 2020, beating even TikTok’s own account. The starbecame popular by posting clips of her recreating famous TikTok dances and lip-syncing to viral songs, quickly garnering a huge fan base. Since becoming well known on ...
Pakistan previously banned TikTok back in October 2020 over ‘indecent content. But on October 19, ten days after the ban was originally put in place, it was reversed. However, this decision didn’t last long, as on March 11, 2021, the country blocked the app again following similar complaints of indecent content.
In June 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to revoke the Trump-era bans on TikTok and WeChat. In place of the Trump order, Biden will direct the commerce secretary to investigate apps with ties to foreign adversaries that may pose a risk to American data privacy or national security.
Mar 2, 2023 · It's the most popular app for short-form videos, allowing users to create, edit, and share 15-second videos set to music. But for those who were around before TikTok's rise to fame, the app may seem familiar. That's because it used to be called Musical.ly.
May 11, 2021 · Below, we discuss the inner workings of the TikTok fame machine, the rivalry with Facebook, and the fact that the most common misconception people have about TikTok is that it’s all fun and...
Dec 10, 2018 · For an app with such a simple mission — singing! dancing! to music! — being good at TikTok requires a surprising amount of practice.
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By bringing together the best of TikTok and musical.ly, TikTok now becomes the world’s number one go-to destination for short-form video content creation and consumption. The upgraded app will offer users an effortless, compelling, and personalized viewing experience.
