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• TikTok has reportedly spent $1.5 billion to set up the team that will shepherd U.S. user data
• TikTok’s parent company has offered a rare look at its finances

  ByteDance incurred $7 billion of operating losses in 2021 but earned $61.7 billion in revenue. Here's what we learned from TikTok's parent.

  
• President Biden is working with TikTok so that the app can continue to operate in the U.S.

  President Biden and the Justice Department are working with TikTok to find a path the app can use to continue operating in the U.S.

  
• TikTok’s COO appeared in front of Congress. Her testimony left many questions unanswered.

  TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas gave her first testimony in front of the U.S. Congress, but she dodged questions about parent company ByteDance.

  
• TikTok has close ties to Chinese state media. Here’s why that matters.
• TikTok’s internal PR is sending a clear message: Don’t talk about ByteDance
• The co-founder of TikTok predecessor Musical.ly has left Bytedance
• TikTok Shop struggled to catch on in the U.K. Now Bytedance is dialing back its e-commerce plans.
• TikTok head talks ‘Project Texas’ in response to rising data security concerns
• Is TikTok looking to push into gaming?
• TikTok is starting to look more like a record label
• Rumored deal would store U.S. TikTok data on Oracle servers