At least three of Bytedance Ltd.’s major investors have marked up the TikTok-owner’s valuation to more than $400 billion, a sharp rebound for a Chinese social video leader that has been threatened with a US shutdown.

South Korea has accused Chinese AI firm DeepSeek of sharing user data with ByteDance, the China-based parent firm of TikTok. It comes after the country removed DeepSeek from its local Apple and Google app stores over the weekend because of data privacy concerns.

South Korea has accused Chinese AI startup DeepSeek of sharing user data with ByteDance, the parent company behind TikTok. The Personal Information

Since then, DeepSeek has been surrounded by controversies related to its data handling policies. Now, South Korea’s data protection regulator has accused DeepSeek of sharing user data with ByteDance.

After being removed in South Korea over data security concerns, the country's officials have accused DeepSeek of sharing user information with TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance.

VOICEOVER ENG South Korea Bans DeepSeek Over Data-Sharing Concerns with ByteDance South Korea has accused Chinese AI startup DeepSeek of sharing user data with ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok The country’s data protection regulator confirmed the link and removed DeepSeek from app stores over privacy concerns The AI app,