As TikTok heads to court on Monday to argue against a U.S. ban, parent company ByteDance’s newer social app, Lemon8, is once again surging to the top of the App Store in the U.S. The push is due, in part,

TikTok is a creative home to some 170 million Americans but is facing a potential U.S. ban. Here's who owns TikTok and parent company ByteDance.

A growing number of ByteDance shareholders have been selling their shares as hopes fadethat the TikTok parent will go public anytime soon. But one New York–based venture firm that’s already invested over $100 million in the internet company is still eager to buy.

Lemon8, a social app owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, is increasing in popularity in the US as the company’s flagship short video platform TikTok faces a potential ban.

A three-judge federal appeals court panel will hear ByteDance's fight to continue operating the video social media app TikTok in the United States without selling its assets.

TikTok headed to court on Sept. 16, 2024, in a bid to overturn a law that would force the video app to divorce from its China-based parent company or be banned in the U.S. During the appearance before a panel of judges at the U.