Tiktok tops FB as most downloaded app last yr
SAN FRANCISCO/BEIJING: Tiktok was the world’s most downloaded app last year, overtaking Facebook and its messaging platforms, market tracker App Annie said on Tuesday.
Tiktok, owned by Chinabased Bytedance, is believed to have one billion users worldwide including more than 100 million in the United States, and its short-form videos are especially popular with young smartphone users.
While political debate about the video-snippet sharing sensation roiled, Tiktok climbed from the fourth most downloaded app in 2019 to the top spot last year, according to App Annie data.
On the way, Tiktok stepped over Facebook and two of the US internet giants texting apps Messenger and Whatsapp, the market tracker determined.
Tiktok’s popularity has prompted Facebook-owned Instagram to add video features to ride the hot trend.
China to ban songs that are threat to its security
China will establish a blacklist of karaoke songs to ban those containing “illegal content” at karaoke venues across the country starting from October 1, the ministry of culture and tourism said.
Such content includes that which endangers national unity, sovereignty or territorial integrity, violates state religious policies by propagating cults or superstitions, or which encourages illegal activities such as gambling and drugs, the ministry said it a note on its website on Tuesday.
It did not elaborate on how a song could endanger national security.