{"id":9485,"date":"2023-03-31T14:39:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T12:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/31\/tiktok-why-the-app-with-1bn-users-faces-a-fight-for-its-existence\/"},"modified":"2023-03-31T14:39:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T12:39:16","slug":"tiktok-why-the-app-with-1bn-users-faces-a-fight-for-its-existence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/31\/tiktok-why-the-app-with-1bn-users-faces-a-fight-for-its-existence\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok: why the app with 1bn users faces a fight for its existence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese-owned firm caught in geopolitical standoff, with US lawmakers leading charge against it<\/p>\n<p>Sitting at the heart of youth culture, TikTok is beloved of its more than 1 billion users worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>With a range of compelling content that extends from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/stage\/2021\/nov\/09\/shake-your-frozen-pizza-the-scrappy-have-a-go-exuberance-of-dance-on-tiktok\">viral dances<\/a> to comedy skits, cleaning hacks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2022\/sep\/04\/the-guardian-view-on-booktok-a-welcome-disruptor-of-the-status-quo\">BookTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2022\/dec\/09\/pop-music-is-tiktok-killing-the-bridge\">music<\/a> and the Gen Z melancholy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2023\/mar\/30\/corecore-tiktok-videos-gen-z\">corecore<\/a> trend, it is the app of the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/mar\/31\/tiktok-why-the-app-with-1bn-users-faces-a-fight-for-its-existence\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/f35e650e5263545eb55abbd210c1288c1a5c60a9\/3_0_3493_2097\/master\/3493.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=2035a7ef83e3695a398d809abcbe170e\" title=\"TikTok: why the app with 1bn users faces a fight for its existence\" \/>Chinese-owned firm caught in geopolitical standoff, with US lawmakers leading charge against it<br \/>\nSitting at the heart of youth culture, TikTok is beloved of its more than 1 billion users worldwide.<br \/>\nWith a range of compelling content that extends from viral dances to comedy skits, cleaning hacks, BookTok, music and the Gen Z melancholy of the corecore trend, it is the app of the 21st century. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese-owned firm caught in geopolitical standoff, with US lawmakers leading charge against it Sitting at the heart of youth culture, TikTok is beloved of its more than 1 billion users worldwide. With a range of compelling content that extends from viral dances to comedy skits, cleaning hacks, BookTok, music and the Gen Z melancholy of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/31\/tiktok-why-the-app-with-1bn-users-faces-a-fight-for-its-existence\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TikTok: why the app with 1bn users faces a fight for its existence<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9485"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}