TikTok to launch separate app for US users
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Launching a U.S.-specific app could be part of the company's broader plan to comply with a 2024 law requiring ByteDance to divest from TikTok.
From Larry Ellison’s new power consolidation to an app that simply may not be as good, the key variables as a multiyear saga could finally be ending.
TikTok's owner, ByteDance, has plans to move Americans to a US-specific version of CapCut as it looks to meet requirements for a divest-or-ban law.
ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, is developing a backup plan as it faces a deadline to sell its US operations or risk a
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TikTok to lay off more than 60 employees at Bellevue officeTikTok and its parent company ByteDance, will lay off more than 60 employees from its Bellevue office. The two submitted separate state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifications (WARN) on Monday.
If ByteDance does release a new version of TikTok, users will need to migrate to the new app, a process that will likely only require downloading the new app and logging in with your credentials. If the new TikTok app is does become available for download, users will have until March 2026 to migrate.
A now-deleted report by GeekPark claimed ByteDance had approved a sale to an Oracle-led group, retaining a minority stake. However, ByteDance has not confirmed this, and the report has been scrubbed from Chinese platforms.