Russia launches domestic rival to TikTok

Russia is on the verge of throwing out TikTok, the short-video making app owned by China-based ByteDance Ltd. The Russian government has launched homemade TikTok, called Yappy to cash on Tiktok's popularity. Currently, there are 70 million monthly TikTok users in Russia. Russian government which enjoys friendly relations with China, appears to be going slow over the imminent move to throw out TikTok because of its foreign connection. Russia fears that foreign technological companies can ruin the mindset of its people.

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Russia is on the verge of throwing out TikTok, the short-video making app owned by China-based ByteDance Ltd. The Russian government has launched homemade TikTok, called Yappy to cash on Tiktok's popularity. Currently, there are 70 million monthly TikTok users in Russia. Russian government which enjoys friendly relations with China, appears to be going slow over the imminent move to throw out TikTok because of its foreign connection. Russia fears that foreign technological companies can ruin the mindset of its people.