A TikTok logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken Jan 6, 2020. (Photo: Agencies)

The building at 4 Times Square, where TikTok will lease office space according to local media, is pictured, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, July 21, 2020.

The building at 4 Times Square, where TikTok will lease office space according to local media, is pictured, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, July 21, 2020.

A security guard, wearing a face mask following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, stands near a surveillance camera at an office of Bytedance, the China-based company which owns the short video app TikTok, or Douyin, in Beijing, China July 7, 2020.

TikTok logos are seen on smartphones in front of a displayed ByteDance logo in this illustration taken November 27, 2019.

A man walks by a logo for ByteDance, the China-based company which owns the short video app TikTok, at its offices in Beijing, China July 7, 2020.