The story behind the rise and fall of Tiktok in US

TikTok‘s journey to becoming a global sensation began in 2016 when Beijing-based ByteDance introduced Douyin, a short-video app in China. The next year, ByteDance released TikTok internationally and merged with Musical.ly, a popular lip-syncing app, expanding its reach. The platform gained immense traction in 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic.