TikTok, known in China as Douyin (Chinese: 抖音; pinyin: Dǒuyīn), is a short-form video hosting service owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. It hosts a variety of user-submitted videos, from content such as pranks, stunts, tricks, jokes and dance, with durations from 15 seconds to ten minutes.

Quotes about TikTok

• Defendants did not create the Challenge; rather, they made it readily available on their site. Defendants’ algorithm was a way to bring the Challenge to the attention of those likely to be most interested in it. In thus promoting the work of others, Defendants published that work — exactly the activity Section 230 shields from liability.
  • [unnamed] federal judge The 'Blackout Challenge' Has Resurfaced On TikTok, And It’s Still Just As Dangerous As It Was 16 Years Ago (A report just linked it to at least 15 deaths in kids aged 12 and under. BY SARAH FELBIN, SABRINA TALBERT AND ADDISON ALOIANPUBLISHED: DEC 1, 2022

External links

• "Pakistan Wants to Ban TikTok for “Immorality”" by Marco Respinti, Bitter Winter (January 6, 2024)
• "How TikTok Killed The Preteen Era" by Evita Duffy-Alfonso, The Federalist (January 6, 2024)