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1. Tiktok

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   History and Development
   TikTok originated from the merger of two distinct applications. The first, Douyin, was launched by ByteDance in September 2016 in China. The second, Musical.ly, an app popular for lip-syncing and short-form video originating in Shanghai and later based in Santa Monica, California, was acquired by ByteDance in November 2017 for approximately $1 billion. ByteDance subsequently merged Musical.ly’s user base into the international version of TikTok in August 2018, instantly providing it with a significant Western presence[^1].
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