ByteDance Pulls Most of Its TikTok Traffic From Fastly Network
- Fastly says U.S. crackdown likely caused ByteDance pullback
- Cloud provider says TikTok capacity can be re-allocated
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ByteDance Ltd. pulled most of its TikTok traffic from the network of Fastly Inc., suggesting a crackdown by the Trump administration is forcing the Chinese technology giant to change its operations.
Fastly runs a content delivery network that pushes data quickly around the internet so businesses can help consumers shop online or watch videos on apps and websites. ByteDance has used this service to deliver videos on its wildly popular TikTok app, making the Chinese company Fastly’s largest customer.