The world’s most popular app, Chinese-owned TikTok, is turning to Texas in its latest effort to gain acceptance from the U.S. government.
The short-form video platform, whose parent company ByteDance is based in Beijing, became the most downloaded app worldwide in the first quarter of 2022, according to Sensor Tower, an analytics firm. But successive administrations have been wary of TikTok amid concerns over its data security and potential to influence the U.S.’s information environment.
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