“It’s on my phone. But it has one crucial difference. The app has been in political limbo since Aug. 6, when two executive orders issued by the White House put TikTok’s U.S. operations in jeopardy.TikTok has seen its popularity grow in recent years.The platform, which allows users to upload short-form mobile videos and interact with each other, has 100 million users in the U.S. A company representative declined to provide the number of users globally.On Aug. 6, the President Donald Trump issued an executive order targeting mobile applications developed and owned by companies in China, and TikTok in particular, citing concerns about data use. The result of this lawsuit, and how it will affect the greater economic conflict between the United States and China, remains uncertain.David Gunkel is a professor of media studies at Northern Illinois University.Ches Thurber is a political science professor at Northern Illinois University.

But Gunkel said there’s no current evidence of action against U.S. citizens.“There is some evidence that they have turned over some data on Hong Kong users to the Chinese government," he said, "but TikTok tells us and assures us that all data from U.S. users is housed in U.S.-based servers and the jurisdiction for the app is in Singapore, not in China.”.But the potential for ByteDance to do so still raises concerns. Users downloaded it more than 660 million times in 2018 alone, with a further 188 million downloads during Q1 2019. … Brittain has amassed more than 1.7 million followers.

So, if you’re looking for a low-cost advertising platform for your ads, TikTok marketing might not be a viable option for you.
TikTok is in a position that YouTube was a few years ago.

For nearly a year, we have sought to engage with the US government in good faith to provide a constructive solution to the concerns that have been expressed. He warned that there’s always a certain cost to these services.“When the service is free, you’re the product," he said, "and they are making money. A few years from now, people are going to be huge off of TikTok and become huge cultural influencers.”.President Donald Trump said Saturday he’s given his “blessing” to a proposed deal between Oracle and Walmart for the U.S. operations of TikTok, the Chinese-owned app he’s targeted for national security and data privacy concerns.Casinos and other businesses have been reopening, but it’s anyone’s guess how long it will take for Las Vegas tourism to fully recover.With its three-story sportsbook, tiered swimming-pool aquatheater and an adults-only environment, tourists may want to make a special trip downtown to see Circa.Clark County commissioners on Sept. 2 denied Josh Kearney’s request for an extension of the approvals on his planned $800 million attraction south of the Strip.Former employees that were laid off from NS8, the Las Vegas-based cyberfraud prevention startup embroiled in a federal investigation, have filed class action lawsuits against the company.Oyo Las Vegas notified the state it plans to lay off employees effective Nov. 12.Caesars Entertainment Inc. has mortgaged the newly opened Caesars Forum convention center.After seeing Allegiant Stadium rise from the ground during its 31-month time span Raiders fans have seen a multitude of images of the exterior of the stadium during that time.A $13 million renovation project is set to begin this month at McCarran International Airport.The poker room inside Encore will reopen Sept. 30 at noon, the company said Friday.Las Vegas man makes living by creating TikTok vids (Las Vegas Review-Journal),Eric Rivera, 25, of Las Vegas creates a TikTok video at Desert Shores in Las Vegas Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. Thurber said the app’s prominence also makes it a useful political tool for Trump.“As opposed to other things that are going on in the conflict with China, things like closing down a consulate in Houston," he said, "this is something that is grabbing people’s attention and I think the President wants people to be paying attention to this idea of his being tough on China right now.”.But the approaches -- and outcomes -- to this confrontation could vary.“My guess," Thurber said, "is that the win-win solution for both sides is some type of sale of TikTok’s U.S. business to an American company such as Microsoft. Their business model is basically leveraging the connections and the data that you supply them by using their service.”.The way in which these products handle data is governed by the corporate law in the country in which their parent company is based. “I’d legitimately look at other places, maybe like Canada.”.Since joining the platform in 2019, Brittain has amassed more than 1.7 million followers.Brittain is no stranger to content creation, finding success as a YouTuber making videos of himself playing “Call of Duty” and videos detailing his experiences working at GameStop. It hasn’t disappointed.“My best month on YouTube, I had about 10 million views,” Brittain said.