{"id":1163146,"date":"2021-12-28T00:04:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T05:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1163146"},"modified":"2021-12-28T00:04:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T05:04:52","slug":"communist-chinas-tiktok-dethrones-google-as-worlds-most-popular-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/communist-chinas-tiktok-dethrones-google-as-worlds-most-popular-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"Communist China&#039;s TikTok Dethrones Google as World&#039;s Most Popular Domain"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcommunist-chinas-tiktok-dethrones-google-as-worlds-most-popular-domain%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1163146&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1230726785-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Communist China\u2019s TikTok surpassed the search engine giant Google as the world\u2019s most popular domain in 2020 largely thanks to Generation Z.<\/p>\n<p>According to the web security company Cloudlare\u2019s \u201cYear in Review\u201d report, TikTok surpassed Google, Facebook, and Amazon as the most popular domain despite those platforms\u2019 multiple features, from video sharing to news distribution.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cGoogle.com \u2014 which also includes Maps, Translate, and News among others \u2014 ended the previous year as the leader in Cloudflare\u2019s rankings,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/google-loses-top-domain-spot-to-tiktok\/431026\/#close\">reported<\/a> Search Engine Journal. \u201cAt that time, TikTok was ranking in the 7th position,\u201d adding:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The number of global TikTok users number grew 59.8% in 2020, and went up by an additional 40.8% in 2021. Further, Insider Intelligence estimates TikTok will see a 15.1% growth in global users in 2022. Should that estimate hold true, TikTok will hold a 20% share of overall social media users by the end of next year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The most popular domains in 2021 were:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>TikTok.com<\/li>\n<li>Google.com<\/li>\n<li>Facebook.com<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft.com<\/li>\n<li>Apple.com<\/li>\n<li>Amazon.com<\/li>\n<li>Netflix.com<\/li>\n<li>YouTube.com<\/li>\n<li>Twitter.com<\/li>\n<li>WhatsApp.com<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Cloudflare claimed that TikTok had a few great days of traffic in early 2021 until the domain finally \u201ctook the lead on most days\u201d in early August.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere were some days when Google was #1, but October and November were mostly TikTok\u2019s days, including on Thanksgiving (November 25) and Black Friday (November 26),\u201d noted Cloudflare.<\/p>\n<p>As Matt Southern of Search Engine Journal noted, the ranking does not necessarily mean that TikTok has surpassed Google or even Facebook in terms of users, it just simply means the site generated more traffic. In terms of users, TikTok stands ahead of Snapchat and Twitter while trailing Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News Tech has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/12\/10\/report-tiktok-insiders-say-communist-china-still-controls-direction-of-company\/\">reported at length<\/a> on communist China\u2019s influence over TikTok. While the platform has tried to distance itself from its parent-company, ByteDance in Beijing as the United States government and U.S.-based companies warn about its dangers, insiders report that Beijing ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/12\/10\/report-tiktok-insiders-say-communist-china-still-controls-direction-of-company\/\">has the final say<\/a>. As Lucas Nolan noted:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>According to six current and former TikTok employees, the firm was still largely under the influence of ByteDance\u2019s Beijing headquarters. Four current and former staffers told Business Insider that discussions relating to TikTok\u2019s products often require calls with employees at ByteDance\u2019s China HQ and final product decisions are regularly made in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>An anonymous former staffer stated:&nbsp;\u201cIt\u2019s that feeling a little bit in the US where you\u2019re sort of helpless to a lot of the decisions that are made out of China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TikTok\u2019s employees refer to the ByteDance Beijing office and its staff as \u201cHQ\u201d according to five of the current and former staffers.&nbsp;\u201cEven our internal ticketing system will reroute questions to HQ, eliciting the response, \u2018Oh no, it went to HQ,\u2019\u201d said one current staffer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The exact national security threat that TikTok poses to the United States has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/tiktok-ban-us-national-security-risk\/\">hard to pinpoint<\/a>, given that the platform\u2019s data collection methods resemble other social media giants and its overwhelming user base of U.S. teenagers. One particular fear among experts is how the platform could be used as a censorship and propaganda arm of the Chinese communist party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuidelines from TikTok obtained by both&nbsp;<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2019\/sep\/25\/revealed-how-tiktok-censors-videos-that-do-not-please-beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>The Guardian<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2020\/03\/16\/tiktok-app-moderators-users-discrimination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Intercept<\/a>&nbsp;last year show the company instructed staff at one point to censor topics sensitive to Beijing, as well as people it deemed unattractive,\u201d reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/tiktok-ban-us-national-security-risk\/\">Wired<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Also, a 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/o\/BSrr7\/https:\/\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/ad-aspi\/2020-09\/TikTok%20and%20WeChat.pdf?7BNJWaoHImPVE_6KKcBP1JRD5fRnAVTZ=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>&nbsp;by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) found that \u201cTikTok has more invasive permissions than similar apps, allowing the harvesting of users\u2019 passwords and credit card information,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2020\/09\/23\/us-government-thinks-tiktok-is-national-security-threat-so-why-cant-government-decide-what-do\/\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communist China\u2019s TikTok surpassed the search engine giant Google as the world\u2019s most popular domain in 2020 largely thanks to Generation Z. 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