Fact check: Did TikTok founder Zhang Yiming say Indian Tiktok users were 'unstable'?

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According to certain social media forwards, Tiktok founder Zhang Yiming was found stating that he has created mobile app Tiktok so that it could entertain those people who are 'jobless' and 'unstable'. social media post when on to say that Tiktok founder said that he never expected so many of 'se kinds of people' in India. 

Tiktok is a smartphone app which allows its users to create short videos without any hassle and share it with ir friends as well as whole world. But following current "YouTube vs Tiktok" feud as well as "ban Chinese products in India" hype, Tiktok app saw a sudden decline in its PlayStore rating. Since n, many videos and ims are seen spreing all over social media in India suggesting that people should uninstall Tiktok. Check out one such instance where many Indians recently received some form of this viral im. Take a look. 

Im courtesy: Twitter forwards

Im courtesy: Twitter forwards

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Google Trend analysis

Here is a Google trend analysis on Tiktok founder's statement about Indian Tiktok users. trends were found to be peaked at 100 percentile on June 5th. This indicates that many people may have re and even forwarded  same throughout India. te: This trends analysis was done for only India region. 

Im courtesy: Google Trends

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Fact Check on Tiktok founder's statement

• Republic World did a Fact Check on Tiktok founder Zhang Yiming's apparent statement that was being circulated all over web and found it to be False. 
• statement which was allegedly given by Tiktok founder Zhang was where to be found in any official source or portals throughout web.  such interviews were found to be available from Tiktok's official Twitter account r in any news or media outlets as well. 
• possibility of such an aggressive statement by owner is itself too unlikely to be true. However, one website called ghgossip.com was seen to have released an article stating same on May 20th. Here is a snip of article. However, aunticity of article is highly questionable. 

Im courtesy: ghgosssip website

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Zhang Yiming is  TikTok founder who previously founded ByteDance in 2012. TikTok is owned and operated by Chinese company ByteDance which is one of world's most valuable startups. 36-year-old Zhang Yiming is credited for paving way teens w use social media via TikTok app.

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