TikTok’s parent company ByteDance temporarily shut down the app in the U.S., just hours before a deadline to either sell the app or face a nationwide ban over concerns about its ties to China. The app ...

"I feel disconnected. I feel cut off from the world and my community," one influencer remarked when the app was down.

Since its launch in 2016, video-sharing app Tik Tok – known as Douyin on the mainland – has sparked a new trend among young people. The app, which allows users to create and share short 15 ...