Potential US ban may drive TikTok to focus more resources on Southeast Asia, says observer

If TikTok is banned in the United States, the video-sharing app’s Chinese owner ByteDance might choose to focus more resources on Southeast Asia, where it has more than 325 million monthly users, says founder and CEO of Singapore-based consultancy Momentum Works. He tells CNA’s Asia Now, however, that even collectively, the region will not be as big as the US in terms of advertising dollars e-commerce goods sold. Subscribe to our channel here: https://cna.asia/youtubesub Subscribe to our news service for must-read stories: Telegram - https://cna.asia/telegram WhatsApp - https://cna.asia/whatsapp Follow us: CNA: https://cna.asia CNA Lifestyle: http://www.cnalifestyle.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/channelnewsasia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/channelnewsasia Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/channelnewsasia TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@channelnewsasia