TikTok's Rise From Fun App To US Security Concern

The US Supreme Court has set a January 10 hearing for a ByteDance legal challenge to a law requiring the company to sell TikTok or see the app banned in the United States (Credit: AFP)

As the US Supreme Court considers whether to uphold a law that could get TikTok banned in the United States, here is a look at the rise of the video-snippet social app.

In 2016, Beijing-based ByteDance launched Douyin, a short video sharing app, making it available only in China.