Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.
Your browser does not support the element.
WITH THE prospect of a ban hanging over TikTok, its 170m American users may start looking for an alternative time-sink. They could plump for Bigo Live, popular for TikTokish live-streaming. Or Likee, which offers similar video-editing and sharing options and has more than 100m users around the world. There is also Hago, which blends social media and video games, and which has clocked up some 500m downloads.
The three apps are similar to TikTok in another way, too. The firm that
→ Continue reading at The Economist
