Douyin, the Chinese equivalent of TikTok, is very different and "much more pro-social," NYU professor Jonathan Haidt told Business Insider in Davos.

In his first few days back in office, President Trump is talking about TikTok entirely as a deal making exercise, dropping all of his previously expressed concerns about Chinese influence and American national security.

Unlike TikTok, RedNote primarily operates in China. As a result, concerns over content censorship, data privacy, and CCP control are even greater.

RedNote, called Xiaohongshu in Chinese — which literally translates as Little Red Book, an apparent reference to former dictator Chairman Mao Zedong — is also required to follow the Chinese Communist Party’s regulations, but has yet to exert its moderation of English language content to meet these standards.

After years of rejecting the idea of a sale of TikTok’s US assets to an American buyer in order to avert a ban, China and ByteDance may have found an owner they could live with: Elon Musk.

China's foreign ministry said on Monday companies should "decide independently" on matters of their operations and deals, responding to a question about U.S. President-elect Donald Trump proposing a 50% U.

State media hailed RedNote's success among American "TikTok refugees" as a repudiation of U.S. government "demonizing" of China's development.

YouTuber MrBeast, X owner Elon Musk and Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison are names that have floated around in the past week.

As the debate around social media governance evolves with TikTok continuing to face criticism and restrictions, here's list of countries that have imposed restrictions on the app.

After the bipartisan TikTok law was signed by former President Joe Biden in April, ByteDance said it did not have plans to sell the platform and fought the statute in court for months. China also rebuked Washington over the divestment push, though more recently it appears to be softening its stance.