TikTok become Most Downloaded App in the World, Left Facebook behind

TikTok has now become the most downloaded social media app in the world. It is being told that the app was used the most during the lockdown.
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Short video app TikTok has now become the most downloaded social media app in the world. It is being told that the app was used the most during the lockdown. Also, it has gained the most popular in Europe and America. Earlier Facebook was on top at number one.

TikTok was on top in 2020 too

Let us tell you that last year also TikTok was at the top of the list of social media platforms. TikTok was started in the year 2017 by the parent company ByteDance. Since then it has been giving competition to Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger even in the US. It became most popular among gamers. When they play games, they chat with it. People used it fiercely during the lockdown.

 WhatsApp new policy benefited

In the same year, WhatsApp announced that the content that WhatsApp users upload, submit, store, send or receive can be used by the company anywhere. The company can also share that data. Also, if the user does not accept this policy, then they will not be able to use the account. Other platforms got the benefit of this policy, including TikTok.

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Image Source: India TV

TikTok can make a comeback in India by changing its name

Tiktok is once again planning to return to India. The company wants to launch it in India with a new name. It is being told that it can be launched with a new name of TikTok. Last year, the central government banned hundreds of Chinese apps, including TikTok, citing national security.

Trademark applied: The news of TikTok's return to India got air because its parent company ByteDance has applied for a new trademark in the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks. After which it is believed that TikTok can make a comeback in India. Although only these speculations are being made, no official statement has been given by the company regarding this.

Assured to follow IT rules: Let us tell you that the central government had also banned PUBG in India last year, but this game was re-entered in India in the name of Battleground India Mobile. Now users are waiting for that like PUBG, TikTok can also be used once again in India. It will be interesting to see how the Indian government now reacts to ByteDance's application. At the same time, Byte Dance has made it clear to the government in its application that the company will strictly follow the new IT rules of India.

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