TikTok looking to spread wings in overseas markets
By He Wei in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2019-03-01 07:45
Short video app TikTok is eyeing a bigger presence in the United States after settling a dispute involving its sister app for violation of local rules.
The app said on Thursday that it has agreed to pay $5.7 million to the US Federal Trade Commission, which claimed its sister app musical.ly has breached the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
The agency first launched an investigation in 2016, a year before musical.ly was fully acquired by Chinese multimedia giant Bytedance and merged with TikTok the following year.
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