Tik Tok, known as Douyin in mainland China and launched in 2016, is a short video sharing platform where users can watch and produce quick videos using music, stickers and animations as effects.

TikTok's journey from teen must-have to national security concern faces another tight spot. It will be banned in the US unless ByteDance divests.

"My Administration has been working hard on a deal to save TikTok and we have made tremendous progress,” Trump said.

China has indicated that it would not support ... Chinese law because it operates other video first platforms such as Douyin, the Chinese-equivalent of TikTok. The Chinese government therefore ...