In addition, TikTok will disable Direct Messages feature for users under the age of 16. This update goes live on April 30
The app has been rapidly growing in popularity among US teenagers and allows users to create short videos.
The petition was filed in November 2019 by city-based woman Heena Darvesh, claiming that the TikTok app has resulted in several criminal offences and deaths.
Timed just after the India debut of Disney+, which is slated for March-end on Hotstar, the move is aimed at increasing engagement and users, top officials at Zee5 said.
TikTok has a community of 200 million users in India, the company claims. So how did ByteDance push its way through and how has it held its own?
The world's most valuable start-up has rapidly built a full-fledged gaming division to spearhead its maiden foray into hardcore or non-casual games
The discussion about TikTok in US political circles has become caught up in the broader tug of war between the US and China
ByteDance has emerged as the world's most valuable startup on the explosive popularity of TikTok, where more than a billion, largely young, users share short clips of lip-syncing and dance videos
A US panel is probing the safety of personal data handled by the company
The head of the Chinese-owned viral video app is trying to assuage Washington's fears. "I am quite optimistic," he said
Baidu has struggled to fend off competition from the likes of Tencent and ByteDance Inc., both of which are luring smartphone-savvy consumers and advertisers to their popular mini-video
Too big a market to risk a ban on its operations, the Chinese social media app is crafting a counter narrative
The company has set an internal target of 6-18 months to set up the data centre
In addition to holding topical and regular campaigns related to ongoing festivals and sports events like the Cricket World Cup, Helo has partnered locally popular television shows
Singh is joining ByteDance from digital media advertising agency GroupM, where he was the CEO for South Asia
Bytedance, which owns Tik Tok and Musical.ly, recently secured $3 bn in new funding from SoftBank and others and has found a rare measure of success by doing things a little differently