Here is everything we know about the potential launch of new Tiktok app in the U.S. The cat and mouse game between TikTok and the U S seems never ending after so many extensions.  With Bytedance's new deadline being September 17, it's clock is ticking again to either find a buyer or disappear from phones all over the U S.  However the Chinese based company Bytedance may have a new trick up its sleeve, as it has shown  no desire to sell sell its viral app to any U S entity despite having millions of wealthy buyers ready to equire it.  Tiktok is a short form video app owned by Chinese based company Bytedance, Launching 2016 , it quickly rose to popularity, eventually becoming one of the most downloaded apps in the U.S by 2018