What is ByteDance, the TikTok parent in US crosshairs?

ByteDance launched TikTok in 2017, and the app took the world by storm, crossing a billion users in four years. — AFP Relaxnews

SEOUL: From its birth in a Beijing apartment 12 years ago, ByteDance grew into one of the world’s biggest tech firms – best known in most countries as the creator of TikTok.

But TikTok now faces a furious campaign in Washington: the House of Representatives is set to vote Wednesday on a bill that could see the wildly popular video-sharing app banned in the United States if it does not sever itself from ByteDance.