Move over Google, TikTok is the world's new most popular online destination. The viral video app gets more hits than the American search engine, according to Cloudflare, an IT security company. The rankings show that TikTok knocked Google off the top spot in February, March and June this year, and has held the number one position since August. The social network, which is owned by a Chinese company called Bytedance, now has more than one billion active users across the world, and that number continues to grow.
——TikTok ousts Google to become favourite online destination, BBC
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Tik Tok has launched a platform for copyright owner to protect their IPRs in July 2021. It has become the most popular online short video destination because of its high attention on IP protection.