China Business & EconomyCould TikTok Investors Be Mulling a US Buyout of Chinese App?SaveMark Us Preferred on GooglePrintThe logo of the social media video sharing app TikTok displayed on a tablet screen in Paris on Nov. 21, 2019. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty ImagesFan Yu7/26/2020|Updated: 7/28/2020News AnalysisInvestors in Chinese startup ByteDance Technology Co. are watching with increasing concern as countries around the world are closely scrutinizing the company’s popular social-video app TikTok because of security and intelligence concerns.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.