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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Uh, this is embarrassing but it's actually operated out of Singapore. The company that actually runs TikTok is owned by a Company with it's headquarters in China.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's embarrassing that you think the existence of shell companies is anything meaningful.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Lol no.

TikTok was founded in California. Bytedance bought it later. TikTok still runs TikTok.