News Jan 6th, 2020

TikTok developer Bytedance is reportedly working on deepfake technology

Code found within TikTok and sister app Douyin shows options for users to scan their face from multiple angles

• Bytedance
• TikTok
• deepfakes
• tech

News Jul 30th, 2019

TikTok owner Bytedance confirms plans to develop a smartphone

Rumours about a Bytedance phone circulated back in May

• Bytedance
• smartphone

News May 28th, 2019

TikTok parent company ByteDance could be working on a smartphone

Sources close to the project have confirmed the plans

• Bytedance
• TikTok
• smartphone

News Nov 13th, 2017

Bytedance buys Musical.ly app for more than $800m

Social music app and its community of influencers acquired by Chinese tech firm

• Musical.ly
• acquisitions
• Bytedance
• China