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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lark" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lark"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.3 Lark </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lark-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-TikTok" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#TikTok"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.4 TikTok </div> </a> <ul id="toc-TikTok-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-TikTok_Music" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#TikTok_Music"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.4.1 TikTok Music </div> </a> <ul id="toc-TikTok_Music-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Toutiao" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Toutiao"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.5 Toutiao </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Toutiao-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li 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id="toc-Other_products_and_acquisitions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_products_and_acquisitions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.10 Other products and acquisitions </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_products_and_acquisitions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Censorship,_surveillance,_and_data_privacy_concerns" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Censorship,_surveillance,_and_data_privacy_concerns"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4 Censorship, surveillance, and data privacy concerns </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Censorship,_surveillance,_and_data_privacy_concerns-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Government_regulation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Government_regulation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5 Government regulation </div> </a> <button 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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Taiwan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.4 Taiwan </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Taiwan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Turkey" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Turkey"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.5 Turkey </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Turkey-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_States" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.6 United States </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-TikTok,_Inc._v._Garland" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#TikTok,_Inc._v._Garland"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.6.1 TikTok, Inc. v. Garland </div> </a> <ul id="toc-TikTok,_Inc._v._Garland-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 Notes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 References </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 Sources </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 External links </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" > Toggle the table of contents </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading">ByteDance</h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8" title="বাইটড্যান্স – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বাইটড্যান্স" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" title="ByteDance – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="ByteDance" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" title="ByteDance – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="ByteDance" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" title="ByteDance – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="ByteDance" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" title="ByteDance – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="ByteDance" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" title="ByteDance – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="ByteDance" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" title="ByteDance – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="ByteDance" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" title="ByteDance – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="ByteDance" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%B3" title="بایت‌دنس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بایت‌دنس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" title="ByteDance – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="ByteDance" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%94%EC%9D%B4%ED%8A%B8%EB%8C%84%EC%8A%A4" title="바이트댄스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="바이트댄스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" title="ByteDance – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="ByteDance" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" title="ByteDance – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="ByteDance" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" title="ByteDance – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ByteDance" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" title="ByteDance – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="ByteDance" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%98%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%92%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA" title="ဘိုက်ဒန်းစ် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဘိုက်ဒန်းစ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target">မြန်မာဘာသာ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" title="ByteDance – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="ByteDance" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="बाइटडान्स – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="बाइटडान्स" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target">नेपाली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" title="ByteDance – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ByteDance" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" title="ByteDance – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="ByteDance" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%B9_%DA%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3" title="بائٹ ڈانس – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="بائٹ ڈانس" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">پنجابی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" title="ByteDance – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="ByteDance" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" title="ByteDance – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="ByteDance" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" title="ByteDance – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="ByteDance" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target">Runa Simi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" title="ByteDance – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="ByteDance" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" title="ByteDance – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="ByteDance" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target">Саха тыла</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" title="ByteDance – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="ByteDance" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Shqip</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance" title="ByteDance – Simple 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name</div></th><td class="infobox-data">字节跳动有限公司</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Beijing ByteDance Technology Co., Ltd. (2012-2018) Douyin Group (HK) Ltd. (2018–2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Privately_held_company" title="Privately held company">Private</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">13 March 2012; 13 years ago (2012-03-13)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founders</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Yiming" title="Zhang Yiming">Zhang Yiming</a></li><li>Liang Rubo</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Haidian,_Beijing" title="Haidian, Beijing">Haidian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a>, China (operational)<a href="#cite_note-apnews-mcdonald-1">[1]</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a> (legal)<a href="#cite_note-apnews-mcdonald-1">[1]</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/worldwide" class="extiw" title="wikt:worldwide">Worldwide</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Zhang Yiming (founder & chairman)</li><li>Liang Rubo (founder & CEO)</li><li>Erich Andersen (global <a href="/wiki/General_counsel" title="General counsel">GC</a>)<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Zhang" title="Kelly Zhang">Kelly Zhang</a> (CEO of ByteDance China)<a href="#cite_note-spglobal-3">[3]</a></li><li>Lidong Zhang (chairman of ByteDance China)<a href="#cite_note-spglobal-3">[3]</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Shou_Zi_Chew" title="Shou Zi Chew">Shou Zi Chew</a> (CEO of TikTok)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Toutiao" title="Toutiao">Toutiao</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/TikTok" title="TikTok">TikTok</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/TikTok_Music" title="TikTok Music">TikTok Music</a></li><li>BuzzVideo</li><li><a href="/wiki/CapCut" title="CapCut">CapCut</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Lark_(software)" title="Lark (software)">Lark</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Baike.com" title="Baike.com">Baike.com</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/PICO_4" title="PICO 4">PICO</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Lemon8" title="Lemon8">Lemon8</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Whee_(social_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Whee (social network)">Whee</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/20px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/40px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> US$120 billion (2023)<a href="#cite_note-Handelsblatt-4">[4]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Earnings_before_interest_and_taxes" title="Earnings before interest and taxes">Operating income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/20px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/40px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> US$2 billion (2022)<a href="#cite_note-wsj-rodriguez-5">[5]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data">Zhang Yiming <a href="/wiki/Sequoia_Capital" title="Sequoia Capital">Sequoia Capital</a> <a href="/wiki/SoftBank_Group" title="SoftBank Group">SoftBank Group</a> <a href="/wiki/Kohlberg_Kravis_Roberts" title="Kohlberg Kravis Roberts">Kohlberg Kravis Roberts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 150,000 (2023)<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moonton" title="Moonton">Moonton</a></li><li>Nuverse</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_System_Number" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous System Number">ASNs</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bgp.tools/as/396986">396986</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bgp.tools/as/138699">138699</a> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55606242#P3797" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bytedance.com/">bytedance.com</a> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55606242#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color:#b0c4de">Zijie Tiaodong</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data">字节跳动</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Zìjié Tiàodòng</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Bopomofo" title="Bopomofo">Bopomofo</a></th><td class="infobox-data">ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" title="Wade–Giles">Wade–Giles</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Tzu4-chieh2 T'iao4-tung4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Tongyong_Pinyin" title="Tongyong Pinyin">Tongyong Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Zìh-jié Tiào-dòng</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin" title="Help:IPA/Mandarin">IPA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin" title="Help:IPA/Mandarin">[tsɹ̩̂.tɕjě tʰjâʊ.tʊ̂ŋ]</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> ByteDance Ltd. is a Chinese internet technology company headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Haidian,_Beijing" title="Haidian, Beijing">Haidian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a> and incorporated in the <a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:4-7">[7]</a> Founded by <a href="/wiki/Zhang_Yiming" title="Zhang Yiming">Zhang Yiming</a>, Liang Rubo, and a team of others in 2012, ByteDance developed the <a href="/wiki/Online_video_platform" title="Online video platform">video-sharing</a> <a href="/wiki/Mobile_app" title="Mobile app">apps</a> <a href="/wiki/TikTok" title="TikTok">TikTok</a> and Douyin. The company is also the developer of the news platform <a href="/wiki/Toutiao" title="Toutiao">Toutiao</a> and the video-editing app <a href="/wiki/CapCut" title="CapCut">CapCut</a>. ByteDance has attracted regulatory and media attention in several countries over security, surveillance, and <a href="/wiki/Chinese_censorship_abroad" title="Chinese censorship abroad">censorship</a> concerns.<a href="#cite_note-:9-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-:13-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> In 2009, <a href="/wiki/Software_engineering" title="Software engineering">software engineer</a> and entrepreneur <a href="/wiki/Zhang_Yiming" title="Zhang Yiming">Zhang Yiming</a> collaborated with his friend Liang Rubo to co-found 99fang.com, a real estate search engine.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> In early 2012, the pair rented an apartment in <a href="/wiki/Zhongguancun" title="Zhongguancun">Zhongguancun</a> and, along with several other 99fang employees, began developing an app that would use <a href="/wiki/Big_data" title="Big data">big data</a> algorithms to classify news according to users' preferences, which would later become <a href="/wiki/Toutiao" title="Toutiao">Toutiao</a>.<a href="#cite_note-JWu-12">[12]</a> That March, Yiming and Liang founded ByteDance.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Launch_of_first_apps">Launch of first apps</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Launch of first apps">edit</a>]</div> In March 2012, ByteDance launched its first app, called Neihan Duanzi (内涵段子, lit. "profound <a href="/wiki/Running_gag" title="Running gag">gags</a>"). This allowed users to circulate jokes, memes, and humorous videos. Before being forced by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_China" title="Government of China">Chinese government</a> to shut down in 2018, Neihan Duanzi had over 200 million users.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> In August 2012, ByteDance launched the first version of news and content platform Toutiao (头条, lit. "<a href="/wiki/Headline" title="Headline">headlines</a>"), which would become their core product.<a href="#cite_note-Bischoff-15">[15]</a> In January 2013, in an attempt for <a href="/wiki/Commercialism" title="Commercialism">commercialism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nationalism" title="Nationalism">nationalism</a>, a four-part plan for the future was presented to executives. Part four of the plan was to build an English version of Toutiao to gain users in English-speaking countries. At the time, there was an app race for video views and the attention of phone users.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2016_to_present">2016 to present</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2016 to present">edit</a>]</div> In March 2016, ByteDance established its research arm, called the ByteDance AI Lab. It is headed by <a href="/wiki/Wei-Ying_Ma" title="Wei-Ying Ma">Wei-Ying Ma</a>, the former assistant managing director of <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Research_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Research Asia">Microsoft Research Asia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> From late 2016 until 2017, ByteDance made a number of acquisitions and new product launches. In December 2016, it invested in the Indonesian news recommendation platform BABE.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> Two months later, in February 2017, ByteDance acquired Flipagram, which was later rebranded to Vigo Video (Hypstar) in July 2017.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> Vigo Video later shut down permanently on 31 October 2020. In November 2017, ByteDance acquired <a href="/wiki/Musical.ly" title="Musical.ly">musical.ly</a> for an estimated US$1 billion. At the time of acquisition, TikTok was only available in India and musical.ly was available globally. In order for <a href="/wiki/TikTok" title="TikTok">TikTok</a> to go global, ByteDance merged musical.ly with TikTok on 2 August 2018, keeping the name TikTok. Another notable acquisition includes News Republic from <a href="/wiki/Cheetah_Mobile" title="Cheetah Mobile">Cheetah Mobile</a> in November 2017.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> Since 2018, ByteDance has been in litigation with <a href="/wiki/Tencent" title="Tencent">Tencent</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:Zhang-22">[22]</a>: 109  ByteDance and its affiliates brought a series of <a href="/wiki/Anti-competitive_practices" title="Anti-competitive practices">unfair competition</a> lawsuits against Tencent, alleging that Tencent was blocking their content.<a href="#cite_note-:Zhang-22">[22]</a>: 109  As of at least early 2024, these lawsuits had not reached resolution, largely due to disputes about jurisdiction.<a href="#cite_note-:Zhang-22">[22]</a>: 109  Tencent filed two lawsuits against ByteDance and its affiliates, alleging that they were using WeChat and QQ profiles without authorization and illegally crawling data from public WeChat accounts.<a href="#cite_note-:Zhang-22">[22]</a>: 109  Tencent obtained an injunction barring ByteDance from this practice.<a href="#cite_note-:Zhang-22">[22]</a>: 109  In December 2018, ByteDance sued Chinese technology news site Huxiu for defamation after Huxiu reported that ByteDance's Indian-language news app Helo was propagating <a href="/wiki/Fake_news" title="Fake news">fake news</a>.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> In March 2021, the <a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a> reported that ByteDance was part of a group of Chinese companies that aimed to deploy technology to circumvent <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a>'s privacy policies.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> In April 2021, ByteDance announced that it had created a new division called BytePlus to distribute the software framework underlying TikTok, so that others may launch similar apps.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> In August 2021, ByteDance acquired Pico, an Oculus-like <a href="/wiki/Virtual_reality" title="Virtual reality">virtual reality</a> startup.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> In June 2022, the Financial Times reported on a culture clash at ByteDance's London office that has led to a staff exodus.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> In March 2023, <a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a> reported that former employees allege that the company engages in a practice called "horse racing," in which several teams are assigned to build the same product.<a href="#cite_note-:12-29">[29]</a> When one version is deemed to perform better, the team designing the better version is provided with more support.<a href="#cite_note-:12-29">[29]</a> In April 2023, ByteDance filed a trademark for a book publisher called 8th Note Press.<a href="#cite_note-:14-30">[30]</a> In December 2023, <a href="/wiki/The_Verge" title="The Verge">The Verge</a> reported that ByteDance used OpenAI's <a href="/wiki/API" title="API">API</a> for its own <a href="/wiki/Generative_AI" class="mw-redirect" title="Generative AI">generative AI</a> projects. Afterwards, <a href="/wiki/OpenAI" title="OpenAI">OpenAI</a> announced that while usage by ByteDance was minimal, its account has been suspended pending further investigation whether any <a href="/wiki/Terms_of_service" title="Terms of service">terms of service</a> were violated. ByteDance stated that it had been licensed for using the API outside the Chinese market, its own chatbot is available only within China, and <a href="/wiki/ChatGPT" title="ChatGPT">ChatGPT</a>-generated data have been deleted from ByteDance's training data since the middle of 2023. Scraping existing AI models is a common shortcut for smaller companies but considered unusual for the likes of ByteDance.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> In May 2024, ByteDance laid off "a large percentage" of the 1,000 employees from its global user operations, content, and marketing teams. The global user operations team was disbanded, and remaining employees were reassigned.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> In June 2024, ByteDance launched an image-sharing and <a href="/wiki/Social_networking_service" title="Social networking service">social networking service</a> called Whee.<a href="#cite_note-:17-34">[34]</a> In February 2025, ByteDance revealed OmniHuman-1, an AI system capable of creating realistic human videos from just a single image and motion signals such as audio or video clips. Currently in the research phase, OmniHuman-1 isn't available for public use yet. However, ByteDance has shared demo videos and hinted that they may release the code in the future.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Corporate_affairs">Corporate affairs</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Corporate affairs">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Funding_and_ownership">Funding and ownership</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Funding and ownership">edit</a>]</div> ByteDance is backed financially by <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Yass" title="Jeff Yass">Jeff Yass</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Susquehanna_International_Group" title="Susquehanna International Group">Susquehanna International Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/Primavera_Capital_Group" title="Primavera Capital Group">Primavera Capital Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kohlberg_Kravis_Roberts" title="Kohlberg Kravis Roberts">Kohlberg Kravis Roberts</a>, <a href="/wiki/SoftBank_Group" title="SoftBank Group">SoftBank Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sequoia_Capital" title="Sequoia Capital">Sequoia Capital</a>, <a href="/wiki/General_Atlantic" title="General Atlantic">General Atlantic</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hillhouse_Capital_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Hillhouse Capital Group">Hillhouse Capital Group</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-36">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-:02-37">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> As of November 2024<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit">[update]</a>, it was estimated to be valued at $300 billion.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> ByteDance's owners include investors outside of China (60%), its founders and Chinese investors (20%), and employees (20%).<a href="#cite_note-Goujard2023-40">[40]</a> In 2021, the <a href="/wiki/State-owned_enterprise" title="State-owned enterprise">state-owned</a> <a href="/wiki/China_Internet_Investment_Fund" title="China Internet Investment Fund">China Internet Investment Fund</a> purchased a 1% stake in ByteDance's main Chinese subsidiary, Beijing ByteDance Technology (formerly Beijing Douyin Information Service), as a <a href="/wiki/Golden_share" title="Golden share">golden share</a> investment<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a><a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> and seated Wu Shugang, a government official with a background in government propaganda, as one of the subsidiary's board members.<a href="#cite_note-:2-44">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> In 2023, <a href="/wiki/G42_(company)" title="G42 (company)">G42</a> purchased a stake in ByteDance.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Management">Management</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Management">edit</a>]</div> Zhang Yiming was ByteDance's chairman and CEO from its founding in 2012 until 2021, when co-founder Liang Rubo took over as CEO.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> On 19 May 2020, ByteDance and Disney released an announcement that Kevin Mayer, head of Disney's streaming business, would join ByteDance. From June 2020 to his resignation 26 August 2020, Mayer was the CEO of TikTok and the COO of ByteDance, reporting directly to the company CEO Zhang Yiming.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> In 2021, Shou Zi Chew, former CFO of <a href="/wiki/Xiaomi" title="Xiaomi">Xiaomi</a>, took over as TikTok CEO.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> In 2014, ByteDance established an internal <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Chinese Communist Party">Chinese Communist Party</a> (CCP) committee.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> The company's vice president, Zhang Fuping, is the company's <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party_Committee_Secretary" title="Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary">CCP Committee Secretary</a>.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> According to a report submitted to the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Parliament">Australian Parliament</a>, Zhang Fuping stated that ByteDance should "transmit the correct political direction, <a href="/wiki/Public_opinion_guidance" title="Public opinion guidance">public opinion guidance</a> and value orientation into every business and product line."<a href="#cite_note-:11-55">[55]</a><a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Board_of_Directors">Board of Directors</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Board of Directors">edit</a>]</div> As of November 2024, the company's <a href="/wiki/Board_of_directors" title="Board of directors">board</a> consisted of the following directors:<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> <ul><li>Liang Rubo, CEO of ByteDance</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Dantchik" title="Arthur Dantchik">Arthur Dantchik</a>, managing director of <a href="/wiki/Susquehanna_International_Group" title="Susquehanna International Group">Susquehanna International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_E._Ford" title="William E. Ford">William E. Ford</a>, CEO of <a href="/wiki/General_Atlantic" title="General Atlantic">General Atlantic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xavier_Niel" title="Xavier Niel">Xavier Niel</a>, French businessman and owner of <a href="/wiki/Iliad_SA" title="Iliad SA">Iliad SA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Shen" title="Neil Shen">Neil Shen</a>, founding and managing partner of <a href="/wiki/HongShan" title="HongShan">HongShan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Partnerships">Partnerships</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Partnerships">edit</a>]</div> ByteDance has a strategic partnership with the Chinese <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Public_Security_(China)" title="Ministry of Public Security (China)">Ministry of Public Security</a> for the ministry's <a href="/wiki/Public_relations" title="Public relations">public relations</a> efforts.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> The partnership also said that ByteDance would work with the Ministry of Public Security in cooperation on unspecified "offline activities."<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a><a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> In 2018, ByteDance helped to establish the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence, an initiative backed by the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Science_and_Technology_(China)" title="Ministry of Science and Technology (China)">Ministry of Science and Technology</a> and the Beijing municipal government.<a href="#cite_note-:11-55">[55]</a><a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> In 2019, ByteDance formed joint ventures with Beijing Time, a publisher controlled by the <a href="/wiki/Beijing_Municipal_Committee_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party">Beijing municipal CCP committee</a>, and with Shanghai Dongfang, a state media firm in Shanghai.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> In 2021, ByteDance announced that its partnership with Shanghai Dongfang had never been in operation and was disbanded.<a href="#cite_note-:1-64">[64]</a> In June 2022, ByteDance partnered with <a href="/wiki/Shanghai_United_Media_Group" title="Shanghai United Media Group">Shanghai United Media Group</a> to launch a plan to develop domestic and foreign <a href="/wiki/Internet_celebrity" title="Internet celebrity">influencers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lobbying_and_political_ad_campaigns">Lobbying and political ad campaigns</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Lobbying and political ad campaigns">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Lobbying_in_the_United_States" title="Lobbying in the United States">Lobbying in the United States</a></div> According to disclosures filed under the <a href="/wiki/Lobbying_Disclosure_Act_of_1995" title="Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995">Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995</a>, ByteDance has lobbied the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a>, <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Commerce" title="United States Department of Commerce">Department of Commerce</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">Department of State</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a>.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> Bills targeted include the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Innovation_and_Competition_Act" title="United States Innovation and Competition Act">United States Innovation and Competition Act</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Innovation_and_Choice_Online_Act" title="American Innovation and Choice Online Act">American Innovation and Choice Online Act</a>, the annual <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act" title="National Defense Authorization Act">National Defense Authorization Act</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Protecting_Americans_from_Foreign_Adversary_Controlled_Applications_Act" title="Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act">Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:5-68">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> ByteDance's American lobbying team is led by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Beckerman" title="Michael Beckerman">Michael Beckerman</a><a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a><a href="#cite_note-:5-68">[68]</a> and includes former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">US Senators</a> <a href="/wiki/Trent_Lott" title="Trent Lott">Trent Lott</a> (R-Mississippi) and <a href="/wiki/John_Breaux" title="John Breaux">John Breaux</a> (D-Louisiana) as well as former <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">US Representatives</a> <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Denham" title="Jeff Denham">Jeff Denham</a> (R-California), <a href="/wiki/Bart_Gordon" title="Bart Gordon">Bart Gordon</a> (D-Tennessee) and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Crowley" title="Joe Crowley">Joe Crowley</a> (D-New York).<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> The company has hired <a href="/wiki/K%26L_Gates" title="K&L Gates">K&L Gates</a>, LGL Advisors, and other firms.<a href="#cite_note-:5-68">[68]</a> ByteDance spent more than $17.7 million on lobbying from its first report in 2019 up to July 2023,<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> and its 2023 lobbying expense added up to $8.7 million.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> In March 2024, ByteDance responded to ad campaigns by anti-TikTok advocacy groups calling to ban the app by launching its own $2.1 million marketing campaign across <a href="/wiki/Swing_state" title="Swing state">swing states</a> that had vulnerable <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> Democrats up for <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2024 United States Senate elections">re-election</a>.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Products">Products</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Products">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CapCut">CapCut</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: CapCut">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/CapCut" title="CapCut">CapCut</a></div> First released to the public in April 2020, <a href="/wiki/CapCut" title="CapCut">CapCut</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Video_editing_software" title="Video editing software">video editing software</a> made for beginners.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> As of March 2023<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit">[update]</a>, CapCut has more than 200 million active users each month, and according to The Wall Street Journal, it was downloaded more than the <a href="/wiki/TikTok" title="TikTok">TikTok</a> app in March 2023.<a href="#cite_note-:10-76">[76]</a> In March 2023, it was the second-most downloaded app in the U.S. behind that for Chinese discount retailer, <a href="/wiki/Temu_(marketplace)" class="mw-redirect" title="Temu (marketplace)">Temu</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:12-29">[29]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Douyin">Douyin</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Douyin">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/TikTok#Douyin" title="TikTok">TikTok § Douyin</a></div> First released to the public in September 2016, Douyin (<a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: 抖音; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: Dǒuyīn), previously named A.me, is the Chinese version of TikTok. The application is a short-form video social media platform that differs from its international counterpart version by having more advanced features.<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> TikTok and Douyin have almost the same user interface but no access to each other's content. Their servers are each based in the market where the respective app is available.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lark">Lark</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Lark">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lark_(software)" title="Lark (software)">Lark (software)</a></div> First released to the public in 2019, Lark is ByteDance's enterprise collaboration platform.<a href="#cite_note-Huang-79">[79]</a> Lark was originally developed as an internal tool, becoming ByteDance's primary internal communication and collaboration platform, but was eventually made available to external users in certain markets.<a href="#cite_note-Xu-80">[80]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="TikTok">TikTok</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: TikTok">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/TikTok" title="TikTok">TikTok</a></div> First released to the public in September 2017, TikTok is a <a href="/wiki/Online_video_platform" title="Online video platform">video-sharing</a> <a href="/wiki/Social_networking_service" title="Social networking service">social networking service</a><a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> used to make short-form videos, from genres like dance, comedy, and education.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a><a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> On 9 November 2017, ByteDance acquired <a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a>-based social media start-up <a href="/wiki/Musical.ly" title="Musical.ly">Musical.ly</a> for up to <a href="/wiki/US_dollar" class="mw-redirect" title="US dollar">US$</a>1 billion. They combined it and prior acquisition Flipagram<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a><a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> into TikTok on 2 August 2018, keeping the TikTok name. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="TikTok_Music">TikTok Music</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: TikTok Music">edit</a>]</div> Formerly known as <a href="/wiki/Resso" class="mw-redirect" title="Resso">Resso</a>, TikTok Music launched in <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> in July 2023.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> On 19 October 2023, TikTok Music premiered in Mexico, Singapore and Australia.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> The platform allows users to highlight and share lyrics, comments and other user-generated content with each other alongside streaming of full-length tracks.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> ByteDance says that it has licensing agreements in place with <a href="/wiki/Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group">Warner Music Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sony_Music_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Music Entertainment">Sony Music Entertainment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Merlin_Network" title="Merlin Network">Merlin Network</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beggars_Group" title="Beggars Group">Beggars Group</a>, among others.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> Resso was shut down in India in January 2024, due to "local market conditions".<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a><a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> On 24 September 2024, ByteDance announced that TikTok Music would shut down on 28 November 2024.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Toutiao">Toutiao</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Toutiao">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Toutiao" title="Toutiao">Toutiao</a></div> Toutiao (<a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: 今日头条; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: Jīnrì Tóutiáo), launched in August 2012,<a href="#cite_note-Bischoff-15">[15]</a> started out as a news <a href="/wiki/Recommendation_engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Recommendation engine">recommendation engine</a> and gradually evolved into a platform delivering content in various formats, such as texts, images, question-and-answer posts, <a href="/wiki/Microblogs" class="mw-redirect" title="Microblogs">microblogs</a>, and videos.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a><a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> In January 2014, the company created the "Toutiaohao" (头条号) platform to attract more content creators. Later in the year, it added video capabilities. Toutiao used interest-based and decentralized distribution to help <a href="/wiki/Long_tail" title="Long tail">long tail</a> content creators find an audience.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> In 2017, Toutiao acquired Flipagram. ByteDance would later expand Toutiao's features to include: a missing person alerts project whose alerts have helped find 13,116 missing persons as of June 2020;<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> short-form video platform Toutiao Video, later rebranded as <a href="/wiki/Xigua_Video" title="Xigua Video">Xigua Video</a> (西瓜视频, also known as Watermelon Video), which hosts video clips that are on average 2–5 minutes long;<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> and Toutiao Search, a search engine.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Xigua_Video">Xigua Video</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Xigua Video">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Xigua_Video" title="Xigua Video">Xigua Video</a></div> Initially launched as Toutiao Video in 2016, Xigua Video (<a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: 西瓜视频; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: Xīguā shìpín) is an <a href="/wiki/Online_video_platform" title="Online video platform">online video-sharing platform</a> that features user-created short and mid-length videos and also produces film and television content.<a href="#cite_note-variety-99">[99]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nuverse">Nuverse</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Nuverse">edit</a>]</div> Initially launched in 2019, Nuverse has launched as a video game publisher company.<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> The first game launched outside mainland China was Warhammer 40,000: Lost Crusade in 2021. Later in 2021, <a href="/wiki/Moonton" title="Moonton">Moonton</a> became a subsidiary of Nuverse, after winning the bid, initially set by <a href="/wiki/Tencent" title="Tencent">Tencent</a>.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> In 2022, the studio has launched <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Snap" title="Marvel Snap">Marvel Snap</a> in October worldwide, after closed alpha testing in the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, and gradually entering open beta with the first country being <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>. In November 2023, <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a> reported ByteDance was restructuring Nuverse and retreating from gaming.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> On January 18, 2025, Marvel Snap has been banned in the United States, but service has been restored since January 21 following <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Trump's</a> inauguration of delaying <a href="/wiki/Protecting_Americans_from_Foreign_Adversary_Controlled_Applications_Act" title="Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act">PAFACA</a>.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> On January 27, the game reappears in the <a href="/wiki/App_Store_(Apple)" title="App Store (Apple)">App Store</a>.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Volcano_Engine">Volcano Engine</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Volcano Engine">edit</a>]</div> Volcano Engine, founded in 2021, is ByteDance's <a href="/wiki/Cloud_computing" title="Cloud computing">cloud computing</a> unit.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> In September 2024, Volcano Engine introduced its own generator of <a href="/wiki/AI-generated_video" class="mw-redirect" title="AI-generated video">AI-generated videos</a>.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Whee">Whee</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Whee">edit</a>]</div> Whee, an image-sharing and messaging app, launched to the public in June 2024 but not the US.<a href="#cite_note-:17-34">[34]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_products_and_acquisitions">Other products and acquisitions</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Other products and acquisitions">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Gogokid was launched in May 2018 as an online English learning platform for children that provides one-on-one classes with native English speakers.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> In August 2021, ByteDance announced that the app business will be shuttered and most of Gogokid's staff will be laid off, following new regulations imposed on the after-school tutoring industry in China.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moonton" title="Moonton">Moonton</a> was acquired by ByteDance in 2021 and was the developer of the mobile eSports game <a href="/wiki/Mobile_Legends:_Bang_Bang" title="Mobile Legends: Bang Bang">Mobile Legends: Bang Bang</a>.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a><a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a></li> <li>Neihan Duanzi, ByteDance's first app, was shut down in 2018 following a crackdown by the national media regulator.</li> <li>Party Island (Chinese: 派对岛; pinyin: Pàiduì dǎo) is a social media app that allows users to create avatars, join virtual events like concerts, and chat with other participants. It also has a messaging function within the app, so users can send texts to each other privately and join group chats. It is open to public testing in July 2022.<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a></li> <li>TopBuzz was a content platform for videos, articles, breaking news and GIFs.<a href="#cite_note-:7-113">[113]</a> It was launched in 2015 and abandoned in 2020 due to dwindling business.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a><a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> Former employees alleged that TopBuzz was used to push soft content messaging sympathetic to China in overseas markets; this was denied by ByteDance.<a href="#cite_note-:7-113">[113]</a></li> <li>8th Note Press, a publisher established by ByteDance in 2023.<a href="#cite_note-:14-30">[30]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Censorship,_surveillance,_and_data_privacy_concerns">Censorship, surveillance, and data privacy concerns</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Censorship, surveillance, and data privacy concerns">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Censorship_on_TikTok" class="mw-redirect" title="Censorship on TikTok">Censorship on TikTok</a></div> ByteDance has garnered attention over surveillance,<a href="#cite_note-:8-116">[116]</a><a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> data privacy,<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> and censorship concerns,<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a><a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> including content pertaining to <a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Tibet" title="Human rights in Tibet">human rights in Tibet</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Uyghurs_in_China" title="Persecution of Uyghurs in China">persecution of Uyghurs in China</a>.<a href="#cite_note-126">[note 1]</a> Concern has also been raised over the potential effects, including <a href="/wiki/Extraterritorial_jurisdiction" title="Extraterritorial jurisdiction">extraterritorial jurisdiction</a>, of China's <a href="/wiki/National_Intelligence_Law_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="National Intelligence Law of the People's Republic of China">National Intelligence Law</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cybersecurity_Law_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China">Cybersecurity Law</a> on ByteDance and its employees.<a href="#cite_note-127">[126]</a><a href="#cite_note-:11-55">[55]</a>: 42–43  In September 2024, the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission">Federal Trade Commission</a> released a report summarizing 9 company responses (including from ByteDance) to orders made by the agency pursuant to Section 6(b) of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission_Act_of_1914" title="Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914">Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914</a> to provide information about user and non-user data collection (including of children and teenagers) and data use by the companies that found that the companies' user and non-user data practices put individuals vulnerable to <a href="/wiki/Identity_theft" title="Identity theft">identity theft</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stalking" title="Stalking">stalking</a>, unlawful discrimination, emotional distress and <a href="/wiki/Digital_media_use_and_mental_health" title="Digital media use and mental health">mental health issues</a>, social stigma, and reputational harm.<a href="#cite_note-128">[127]</a><a href="#cite_note-129">[128]</a><a href="#cite_note-130">[129]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_regulation">Government regulation</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Government regulation">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="China">China</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: China">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_China" title="Internet censorship in China">Internet censorship in China</a></div> In April 2018, China's state media regulator, the <a href="/wiki/National_Radio_and_Television_Administration" title="National Radio and Television Administration">National Radio and Television Administration</a> (NRTA), ordered the temporary removal of Toutiao and Neihan Duanzi from Chinese app stores. The NRTA accused Neihan Duanzi in particular of hosting "vulgar" and "improper" content and "triggering strong sentiments of resentment among internet users".<a href="#cite_note-:3-131">[130]</a> The following day, Neihan Duanzi announced it was permanently shutting down.<a href="#cite_note-:3-131">[130]</a> In response to the shutdown, Yiming issued a letter stating that the app was "incommensurate with <a href="/wiki/Core_Socialist_Values" title="Core Socialist Values">socialist core values</a>" and promised that ByteDance would "further deepen cooperation" with the authorities to promote their policies.<a href="#cite_note-132">[131]</a><a href="#cite_note-133">[132]</a> Following the shutdown, ByteDance announced that it would give preference to Chinese Communist Party members in its hiring and increase its censors from 6,000 to 10,000 employees.<a href="#cite_note-134">[133]</a><a href="#cite_note-135">[134]</a><a href="#cite_note-136">[135]</a> As of 2019<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit">[update]</a>, ByteDance's Beijing headquarters has maintained an office where cybersecurity police are stationed so that illegal content can be instantly reported.<a href="#cite_note-:15-137">[136]</a><a href="#cite_note-138">[137]</a> In November 2019, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) ordered ByteDance to remove "slanderous" information on <a href="/wiki/Fang_Zhimin" title="Fang Zhimin">Fang Zhimin</a> from Toutiao.<a href="#cite_note-139">[138]</a> In April 2020, the CAC ordered ByteDance to take down its office collaboration tool, <a href="/wiki/Lark_(software)" title="Lark (software)">Lark</a>, because it could be used to circumvent <a href="/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_China" title="Internet censorship in China">Internet censorship</a>.<a href="#cite_note-140">[139]</a> In January 2021, Chinese regulators fined ByteDance for spreading "vulgar information."<a href="#cite_note-141">[140]</a><a href="#cite_note-142">[141]</a> In April 2021, ByteDance was among 13 online platforms ordered by the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Bank_of_China" title="People's Bank of China">People's Bank of China</a> to adhere to tighter data and financial regulations.<a href="#cite_note-143">[142]</a> The bank stated that ByteDance must conduct comprehensive self-examination and rectification to adhere to the country's laws.<a href="#cite_note-144">[143]</a> In May 2021, the CAC stated that ByteDance had engaged in illegal data collection and misuse of personal information.<a href="#cite_note-145">[144]</a> In March 2021, the <a href="/wiki/State_Administration_for_Market_Regulation" title="State Administration for Market Regulation">State Administration for Market Regulation</a> fined a ByteDance subsidiary and other companies for <a href="/wiki/Competition_law" title="Competition law">antitrust</a> violations.<a href="#cite_note-:1-64">[64]</a> In April 2022, ByteDance announced that it would report users' content on Toutiao and Douyin that engaged in "<a href="/wiki/Historical_nihilism" title="Historical nihilism">historical nihilism</a>" in contradiction of official CCP history.<a href="#cite_note-146">[145]</a> In November 2022, during the <a href="/wiki/2022_COVID-19_protests_in_China" title="2022 COVID-19 protests in China">2022 COVID-19 protests in China</a>, the CAC directed ByteDance to intensify its censorship of the protests.<a href="#cite_note-147">[146]</a> In November 2023, Forbes reported that ByteDance's internal workplace tool called Feishu, which contains "product network security, data security, personal information, and daily operations," was accessed by the CAC and other Chinese government authorities in the run-up to the <a href="/wiki/20th_National_Congress_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party" title="20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party">20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:15-137">[136]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="India">India</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: India">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Restrictions_on_TikTok" class="mw-redirect" title="Restrictions on TikTok">Restrictions on TikTok</a></div> Citing national security issues the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Government">Indian Government</a> banned CapCut and TikTok along with 58 other Chinese apps on 29 June 2020.<a href="#cite_note-148">[147]</a> The ban was made permanent in January 2021.<a href="#cite_note-149">[148]</a><a href="#cite_note-:10-76">[76]</a> In March 2021, the Indian government froze ByteDance's bank accounts in the country for alleged tax evasion, which ByteDance disputed.<a href="#cite_note-150">[149]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ireland">Ireland</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Ireland">edit</a>]</div> In 2023, ByteDance was scrutinized by the <a href="/wiki/Central_Bank_of_Ireland" title="Central Bank of Ireland">Central Bank of Ireland</a> for deficiencies in its anti-<a href="/wiki/Money_laundering" title="Money laundering">money laundering</a> controls of its payment division.<a href="#cite_note-:16-151">[150]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Taiwan">Taiwan</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Taiwan">edit</a>]</div> In December 2022, Taiwan's <a href="/wiki/Mainland_Affairs_Council" title="Mainland Affairs Council">Mainland Affairs Council</a> announced an investigation into ByteDance on suspicion of operating an illegal subsidiary in the country.<a href="#cite_note-152">[151]</a> The company reportedly registered "Tiktoktaiwan Co Ltd" in March, which changed its name to "ByteDance Taiwan" in November.<a href="#cite_note-153">[152]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Turkey">Turkey</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Turkey">edit</a>]</div> In 2022, Turkey's <a href="/wiki/Financial_Crimes_Investigation_Board_(Turkey)" title="Financial Crimes Investigation Board (Turkey)">Financial Crimes Investigation Board</a> (MASAK) initiated a probe into ByteDance in relation to millions of dollars in fund transfers involving TikTok accounts that were suspected of <a href="/wiki/Money_laundering" title="Money laundering">money laundering</a> or <a href="/wiki/Terrorism_financing" title="Terrorism financing">terrorism financing</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:16-151">[150]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: United States">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/TikTok#United_States" title="TikTok">TikTok § United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/Restrictions_on_TikTok_in_the_United_States" title="Restrictions on TikTok in the United States">Restrictions on TikTok in the United States</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump%E2%80%93TikTok_controversy" title="Donald Trump–TikTok controversy">Donald Trump–TikTok controversy</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TikTok_v._Garland.pdf" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/TikTok_v._Garland.pdf/page1-220px-TikTok_v._Garland.pdf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/TikTok_v._Garland.pdf/page1-330px-TikTok_v._Garland.pdf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/TikTok_v._Garland.pdf/page1-440px-TikTok_v._Garland.pdf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1275" data-file-height="1650" /></a><figcaption>U.S. Supreme Court ruling on TikTok v. Garland</figcaption></figure> In 2019, ByteDance's subsidiary TikTok was fined by the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission">Federal Trade Commission</a> (FTC) for violating the <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Online_Privacy_Protection_Act" title="Children's Online Privacy Protection Act">Children's Online Privacy Protection Act</a>.<a href="#cite_note-154">[153]</a><a href="#cite_note-155">[154]</a> In response, ByteDance added a kids-only mode to TikTok which blocks the upload of videos, the building of user profiles, direct messaging, and commenting on other's videos, while still allowing the viewing and recording of content.<a href="#cite_note-156">[155]</a> In August 2024, the FTC and U.S. Department of Justice filed a joint lawsuit alleging violations of the 2019 <a href="/wiki/Consent_decree" title="Consent decree">consent decree</a> with the FTC.<a href="#cite_note-157">[156]</a> TikTok and ByteDance have come under US lawmaker scrutiny due to fears of surveillance by the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese government">Chinese government</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:6-158">[157]</a> U.S. <a href="/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidency of Donald Trump">President Trump</a> wanted TikTok to be sold or be banned from app stores in the country. His <a href="/wiki/Executive_orders" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive orders">executive orders</a> were later blocked by the courts and revoked by his successor <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Joe_Biden" title="Presidency of Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>.<a href="#cite_note-159">[158]</a><a href="#cite_note-160">[159]</a><a href="#cite_note-161">[160]</a><a href="#cite_note-162">[161]</a> On 28 August 2020, China announced an update to its export control rules that, according to experts, could give Chinese authorities a say in any potential sale of ByteDance's technology to foreign firms.<a href="#cite_note-163">[162]</a> In March 2023, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">United States Department of Justice</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a> opened an investigation after ByteDance employees <a href="/wiki/TikTok#Journalist_spying_scandal" title="TikTok">tracked journalists</a> to find internal leaks.<a href="#cite_note-:9-8">[8]</a> In response, ByteDance fired four employees.<a href="#cite_note-164">[163]</a><a href="#cite_note-165">[164]</a><a href="#cite_note-166">[165]</a> In March 2024 the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> passed <a href="/wiki/Protecting_Americans_from_Foreign_Adversary_Controlled_Applications_Act" title="Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act">a bill</a> which, if passed through the Senate and signed by the President, forces ByteDance to divest TikTok or have the platform banned.<a href="#cite_note-167">[166]</a> In April, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> passed a modified version of the bill in a foreign aid package.<a href="#cite_note-168">[167]</a><a href="#cite_note-169">[168]</a> The bill was signed into law by President Joe Biden on 24 April 2024, giving ByteDance until 19 January 2025, to divest TikTok. At approximately 10:29 P.M EST, ByteDance, along with its subsidiaries, was banned in the United States.<a href="#cite_note-170">[169]</a> In November 2024, Donald Trump changed his opinion and spoke out against a ban of the platform in the US after ByteDance investor Jeff Yass had donated to his election campaign.<a href="#cite_note-171">[170]</a> On January 18, 2025, along with <a href="/wiki/TikTok" title="TikTok">TikTok</a>, four more ByteDance apps were banned in the United States, which included <a href="/wiki/CapCut" title="CapCut">CapCut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lemon8" title="Lemon8">Lemon8</a>, Gauth and Hypic because of a US bill.<a href="#cite_note-172">[171]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="TikTok,_Inc._v._Garland">TikTok, Inc. v. Garland</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: TikTok, Inc. v. 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Garland">TikTok v. Garland</a>.[<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TikTok_v._Garland&action=edit">edit</a>]</div><div class="excerpt"> <a href="/wiki/TikTok_v._Garland" title="TikTok v. Garland">TikTok, Inc. v. Garland</a>, 604 U.S. ___ (2025), was a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Supreme Court">United States Supreme Court</a> case brought by ByteDance Ltd. and <a href="/wiki/TikTok" title="TikTok">TikTok</a> on the constitutionality of the <a href="/wiki/Protecting_Americans_from_Foreign_Adversary_Controlled_Applications_Act" title="Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act">Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act</a> (PAFACA) based on the <a href="/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Freedom_of_speech_and_of_the_press" title="First Amendment to the United States Constitution">Freedom of Speech Clause of the First Amendment</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Clauses_2_and_3:_Civil_and_legal_protections" title="Article One of the United States Constitution">Bill of Attainder Clause of Article One, Section Nine</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Due_Process_Clause" title="Due Process Clause">Due Process Clause</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Takings_Clause" title="Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution">Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECRS2024b1-173">[172]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECRS2024c15-174">[173]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECRS2024d1-175">[174]</a> The case was consolidated with Firebaugh v. Garland, a lawsuit filed by TikTok content creators against the law.<a href="#cite_note-TikTok_v._Garland_:5-176">[175]</a><a href="#cite_note-TikTok_v._Garland_:6-177">[176]</a> Citing <a href="/wiki/National_security" title="National security">national security</a> concerns, the U.S. Congress in April 2024 passed PAFACA which prohibits the hosting and distribution of apps determined by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> to present a significant national security threat if they are made by <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a> companies owned by <a href="/wiki/Foreign_national" title="Foreign national">foreign nationals</a> or <a href="/wiki/Foreign_corporation" title="Foreign corporation">parent companies</a> from countries designated as <a href="/wiki/United_States_foreign_adversaries" title="United States foreign adversaries">U.S. foreign adversaries</a>, unless such companies are <a href="/wiki/Divestment" title="Divestment">divested</a> from the foreign entities. The law specifically named Chinese company ByteDance Ltd. and TikTok as "foreign adversary controlled". The deadline for their divestment was January 19, 2025.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECRS2024b1–2-178">[177]</a><a href="#cite_note-TikTok_v._Garland_verge20250118-179">[178]</a> ByteDance sued the federal government following passage of PAFACA, asserting the law violated the First and Fifth Amendments. A panel of judges from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_District_of_Columbia_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit">U.S. District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals</a> unanimously rejected the company's claims about the constitutionality of the law in December 2024<a href="#cite_note-180">[179]</a><a href="#cite_note-181">[180]</a><a href="#cite_note-182">[181]</a> and declined to grant a temporary injunction, while ByteDance sought an appeal from the Supreme Court.<a href="#cite_note-TikTok_v._Garland_CNBC_12-9-2024-183">[182]</a><a href="#cite_note-TikTok_v._Garland_AP_12-13-2024-184">[183]</a> The Supreme Court granted <a href="/wiki/Certiorari" title="Certiorari">certiorari</a> for TikTok's appeal on an expedited schedule, and heard oral arguments on January 10, 2025, nine days before the law's divestment deadline. In a <a href="/wiki/Per_curiam_decision" title="Per curiam decision">per curiam decision</a> released on January 17, 2025, the Court ruled that the law was constitutional, as Congress had shown the law satisfies <a href="/wiki/Intermediate_scrutiny" title="Intermediate scrutiny">intermediate scrutiny</a> review on their concerns related to national security.<a href="#cite_note-185">[184]</a></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-126"><a href="#cite_ref-126">^</a> See references:<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a><a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a><a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a><a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a><a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ByteDance&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-apnews-mcdonald-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-apnews-mcdonald_1-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-apnews-mcdonald_1-1">b</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMcDonaldSoo2023" class="citation news cs1">McDonald, Joe; 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<li><a href="/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis" title="Simulation hypothesis">Simulation hypothesis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transhumanism" title="Transhumanism">Transhumanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uncanny_valley" title="Uncanny valley">Uncanny valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VTuber" title="VTuber">VTuber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Web3" title="Web3">Web3</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Technologies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Display</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/EyeTap" title="EyeTap">EyeTap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Head-mounted_display" title="Head-mounted display">Head-mounted display</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Optical_head-mounted_display" title="Optical head-mounted display">optical</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Head-up_display" title="Head-up display">Head-up display</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pancake_lens#Other_uses" title="Pancake lens">Pancake lens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smartglasses" title="Smartglasses">Smartglasses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_reality_headset" title="Virtual reality headset">Virtual reality headset</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_virtual_reality_headsets" title="List of virtual reality headsets">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_retinal_display" title="Virtual retinal display">Virtual retinal display</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">3D interaction</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brain%E2%80%93computer_interface" title="Brain–computer interface">Brain–computer interface</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eye_tracking" title="Eye tracking">Eye tracking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Facial_motion_capture" title="Facial motion capture">Facial motion capture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finger_tracking" title="Finger tracking">Finger/hand tracking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pose_tracking" title="Pose tracking">Pose tracking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simultaneous_localization_and_mapping" title="Simultaneous localization and mapping">Simultaneous localization and mapping</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Software</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asynchronous_reprojection" title="Asynchronous reprojection">Asynchronous reprojection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foveated_rendering" title="Foveated rendering">Foveated rendering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Image-based_modeling_and_rendering" title="Image-based modeling and rendering">Image-based modeling and rendering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3D_audio_effect" title="3D audio effect">Spatial audio</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Photography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/360-degree_video" title="360-degree video">360-degree video</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_viewpoint_television" title="Free viewpoint television">Free viewpoint television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omnidirectional_(360-degree)_camera" title="Omnidirectional (360-degree) camera">Omnidirectional (360-degree) camera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VR_photography" title="VR photography">VR photography</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Haptic_suit" title="Haptic suit">Haptic suit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omnidirectional_treadmill" title="Omnidirectional treadmill">Omnidirectional treadmill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wearable_computer" title="Wearable computer">Wearable computer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Virtual_reality_accessories" title="Category:Virtual reality accessories">Peripherals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cyberith_Virtualizer" title="Cyberith Virtualizer">Cyberith Virtualizer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leap_Motion" title="Leap Motion">Leap Motion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oculus_Touch" title="Oculus Touch">Oculus Touch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PlayStation_Move" title="PlayStation Move">PlayStation Move</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Razer_Hydra" title="Razer Hydra">Razer Hydra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtuix_Omni" title="Virtuix Omni">Virtuix Omni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wired_glove" title="Wired glove">Wired glove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wizdish_ROVR" title="Wizdish ROVR">Wizdish ROVR</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Virtual_reality_organizations" title="Category:Virtual reality organizations">Companies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple Inc.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brilliant_Labs" title="Brilliant Labs">Brilliant Labs</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">ByteDance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HTC" title="HTC">HTC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khronos_Group" title="Khronos Group">Khronos Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_Leap" title="Magic Leap">Magic Leap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta_Platforms" title="Meta Platforms">Meta Platforms</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reality_Labs" title="Reality Labs">Reality Labs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niantic,_Inc." title="Niantic, Inc.">Niantic, Inc.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pimax" title="Pimax">Pimax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rokoko_(company)" title="Rokoko (company)">Rokoko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samsung" title="Samsung">Samsung</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samsung_Electronics" title="Samsung Electronics">Electronics</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valve_Corporation" title="Valve Corporation">Valve Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varjo" title="Varjo">Varjo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vuzix" title="Vuzix">Vuzix</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Virtual_reality_headsets" title="Category:Virtual reality headsets">Devices</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apple_Vision_Pro" title="Apple Vision Pro">Apple Vision Pro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden-i" title="Golden-i">Golden-i headsets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HTC_Vive" title="HTC Vive">HTC Vive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_Leap" title="Magic Leap">Magic Leap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta_Quest_3" title="Meta Quest 3">Meta Quest 3</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meta_Quest_3S" title="Meta Quest 3S">3S</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_Source_Virtual_Reality" title="Open Source Virtual Reality">Open Source Virtual Reality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PICO_4" title="PICO 4">PICO 4 Ultra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pimax" title="Pimax">Pimax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PlayStation_VR2" title="PlayStation VR2">PlayStation VR2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valve_Index" title="Valve Index">Valve Index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vuzix" title="Vuzix">Vuzix</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AntVR" title="AntVR">AntVR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CastAR" title="CastAR">castAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VPL_Research" title="VPL Research">EyePhone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Cardboard" title="Google Cardboard">Google Cardboard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Daydream" title="Google Daydream">Google Daydream</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Glass" title="Google Glass">Google Glass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liquid_Image" title="Liquid Image">Liquid Image</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta_Quest_Pro" title="Meta Quest Pro">Meta Quest Pro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_HoloLens" title="Microsoft HoloLens">Microsoft HoloLens</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HoloLens_2" title="HoloLens 2">2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oculus_Go" title="Oculus Go">Oculus Go</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oculus_Quest" title="Oculus Quest">Oculus Quest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quest_2" title="Quest 2">Oculus/Meta Quest 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oculus_Rift" title="Oculus Rift">Oculus Rift</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oculus_Rift_CV1" title="Oculus Rift CV1">CV1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oculus_Rift_S" title="Oculus Rift S">S</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PICO_4" title="PICO 4">PICO 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PlayStation_VR" title="PlayStation VR">PlayStation VR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samsung_Gear_VR" title="Samsung Gear VR">Samsung Gear VR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sensorama" title="Sensorama">Sensorama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SixthSense" title="SixthSense">SixthSense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sword_of_Damocles_(virtual_reality)" title="The Sword of Damocles (virtual reality)">The Sword of Damocles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VFX1_Headgear" title="VFX1 Headgear">VFX1 Headgear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_Boy" title="Virtual Boy">Virtual Boy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_fixture" title="Virtual fixture">Virtual fixture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtuality_(product)" title="Virtuality (product)">Virtuality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VR-1" title="VR-1">VR-1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unreleased</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Project_Iris" title="Project Iris">Project Iris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sega_VR" title="Sega VR">Sega VR</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Virtual_reality_works" title="Category:Virtual reality works">Software</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Interactive_art" title="Interactive art">Interactive art</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_graffiti" title="Virtual graffiti">Virtual graffiti</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metaverse" title="Metaverse">Metaverse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pervasive_game" title="Pervasive game">Pervasive game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_software_related_to_augmented_reality" title="List of software related to augmented reality">Software related to augmented reality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_reality_game" title="Virtual reality game">Virtual reality game</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Operating systems and desktop environments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Android_XR" title="Android XR">Android XR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta_Horizon_OS" title="Meta Horizon OS">Meta Horizon OS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meta_Horizon_OS_version_history" title="Meta Horizon OS version history">version history</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VisionOS" title="VisionOS">visionOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windows_Mixed_Reality" title="Windows Mixed Reality">Windows Mixed Reality</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Development tools and <a href="/wiki/Category:Video_game_engines" title="Category:Video game engines">game engines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A-Frame_(virtual_reality_framework)" title="A-Frame (virtual reality framework)">A-Frame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ARCore" title="ARCore">ARCore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ARKit" title="ARKit">ARKit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ARToolKit" title="ARToolKit">ARToolKit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godot_(game_engine)" title="Godot (game engine)">Godot Engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jetpack_Compose" title="Jetpack Compose">Jetpack Compose XR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta_Horizon_OS" title="Meta Horizon OS">Meta Spatial SDK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OpenVR" title="OpenVR">OpenVR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OpenXR" title="OpenXR">OpenXR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VisionOS" title="VisionOS">RealityKit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%26box" title="S&box">S&box</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SwiftUI" title="SwiftUI">SwiftUI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VisionOS_2" class="mw-redirect" title="VisionOS 2">TabletopKit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unity_(game_engine)" title="Unity (game engine)">Unity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Scene_Description" title="Universal Scene Description">Universal Scene Description</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unreal_Engine" title="Unreal Engine">Unreal Engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vuforia_Augmented_Reality_SDK" title="Vuforia Augmented Reality SDK">Vuforia Augmented Reality SDK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WebXR" title="WebXR">WebXR</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Virtual_reality_games" title="Category:Virtual reality games">Games</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_HTC_Vive_games" title="List of HTC Vive games">List of HTC Vive games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Meta_Quest_games" title="List of Meta Quest games">List of Meta Quest games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Oculus_Rift_games" title="List of Oculus Rift games">List of Oculus Rift games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_VR_games" title="List of PlayStation VR games">List of PlayStation VR games</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_VR2_games" title="List of PlayStation VR2 games">VR2</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Virtual_reality_communities" title="Category:Virtual reality communities">Communities and social networks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AltspaceVR" title="AltspaceVR">AltspaceVR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FaceTime" title="FaceTime">FaceTime</a> for visionOS</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horizon_Worlds" title="Horizon Worlds">Horizon Worlds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NeosVR" title="NeosVR">NeosVR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rec_Room_(video_game)" title="Rec Room (video game)">Rec Room</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resonite" title="Resonite">Resonite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sansar_(video_game)" title="Sansar (video game)">Sansar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sensorium_Corporation" title="Sensorium Corporation">Sensorium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinespace" title="Sinespace">Sinespace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VRChat" title="VRChat">VRChat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VTime_XR" title="VTime XR">VTime XR</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Virtual_reality_pioneers" title="Category:Virtual reality pioneers">People</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philippe_Bekaert" title="Philippe Bekaert">Philippe Bekaert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Benayoun" title="Maurice Benayoun">Maurice Benayoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Birrell" title="Simon Birrell">Simon Birrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Bolas" title="Mark Bolas">Mark Bolas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Bradley_(actor)" title="Brendan Bradley (actor)">Brendan Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Brooks" title="Fred Brooks">Fred Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo%C5%A1tjan_Burger" title="Boštjan Burger">Boštjan Burger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Carmack" title="John Carmack">John Carmack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Cook" title="Tim Cook">Tim Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Cruz-Neira" title="Carolina Cruz-Neira">Carolina Cruz-Neira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ela_Darling" title="Ela Darling">Ela Darling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Char_Davies" title="Char Davies">Char Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_A._DeFanti" title="Thomas A. DeFanti">Thomas A. DeFanti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_K._Feiner" title="Steven K. Feiner">Steven K. Feiner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Fisher_(technologist)" title="Scott Fisher (technologist)">Scott Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Foster_II" title="Jerome Foster II">Jerome Foster II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Fuchs" title="Henry Fuchs">Henry Fuchs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_A._Furness_III" title="Thomas A. Furness III">Thomas A. Furness III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morton_Heilig" title="Morton Heilig">Morton Heilig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Howlett" title="Eric Howlett">Eric Howlett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Iribe" title="Brendan Iribe">Brendan Iribe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myron_W._Krueger" title="Myron W. Krueger">Myron W. Krueger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaron_Lanier" title="Jaron Lanier">Jaron Lanier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brenda_Laurel" title="Brenda Laurel">Brenda Laurel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ming_C._Lin" title="Ming C. Lin">Ming C. Lin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Bowen_Loftin" title="R. Bowen Loftin">R. Bowen Loftin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmer_Luckey" title="Palmer Luckey">Palmer Luckey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Stephen_Meadows" title="Mark Stephen Meadows">Mark Stephen Meadows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_and_Uri_Kranot" title="Michelle and Uri Kranot">Michelle and Uri Kranot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satya_Nadella" title="Satya Nadella">Satya Nadella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Parisi_(software_developer)" title="Tony Parisi (software developer)">Tony Parisi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nonny_de_la_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Nonny de la Peña">Nonny de la Peña</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elia_Petridis" title="Elia Petridis">Elia Petridis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundar_Pichai" title="Sundar Pichai">Sundar Pichai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Robinett" title="Warren Robinett">Warren Robinett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_J._Rosenblum" title="Lawrence J. Rosenblum">Lawrence J. Rosenblum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_J._Sandin" title="Daniel J. Sandin">Daniel J. 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