The TikTok app could be banned out of fear it might be being used by the Chinese government to spy on the United States. What is the TikTok App? TikTok is an app that is a short-form video that allows users to create videos that range from 15 seconds to 10 minutes in length. The app lets the user create whatever they want from instructional videos to recipes, stunts, jokes, and pranks, but it's basically to entertain those who want to watch or create videos. TikTok is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. But remember anything company operating in China...