Chinese internet company ByteDance, which owns the popular video app TikTok, accused Facebook of 'plagiarism and smears' in response to Zuckerberg criticism

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• Chinese internet company Bytedance, which owns the popular short-form video app TikTok, accused Facebook of plagiarism and smears following criticism from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
• "ByteDance has always been committed to becoming a global company. During this process, we have faced all kinds of complex and unimaginable difficulties, including the tense international political environment, collision and conflict of different cultures and plagiarism and smears from competitor Facebook," it said.
• Last year, Zuckerberg accused the Chinese-owned app of censoring political protest. TikTok has denied the claim.
• The company's claims comes amid mounting efforts from the US to ban TikTok from the country, citing security concerns.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - TikTok owner ByteDance has accused Facebook of plagiarism and smears although it did not elaborate on the accusation.

The Chinese firm also said it faced "complex and unimaginable difficulties" as it worked to grow into global company.

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