TikTok owner ByteDance ‘scraped’ content from Instagram, Snapchat
Chinese short-video-making app TikTok's parent company ByteDance allegedly made fake accounts with content taken from Instagram, Snapchat and other social…
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How a video caused Tesla CEO to say “maybe I’m partially Chinese!”
After a video showing Tesla founder Elon Musk's doppelganger went viral on the internet, the tech billionaire has now responded with a hilarious reply…
Alibaba’s e-commerce empire under threat from Douyin, Pinduoduo
For more than a decade, Alibaba Group has been China's undisputed e-commerce king but of late its crown has shown signs of slipping, unsettled by an influx…
Tencent asks Douyin to start showing some copyrighted content
ByteDance's Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, said on Friday it had received a request from Tencent to allow short videos, based on Tencent's…
China Says Governance Rules for Algorithms Coming in Next 3 Years
China's cyberspace watchdog and other government bodies will set up governance rules for algorithms in around three years, it said on Wednesday, as Beijing…
China to Bring Algorithm Governance Rules Over Next 3 Years
China's cyberspace watchdog and other government bodies will set up governance rules for algorithms in around three years, it said on Wednesday, as Beijing…
China Tells Tech Giants to Stop Blocking Rivals’ Links on Their Digital Platforms
China fired a fresh regulatory shot at its tech giants on Monday, telling them to end a long-standing practice of blocking each other's links on their sites…
China Tells Tech Giants to Stop Blocking Rivals’ Links
China fired a fresh regulatory shot at its tech giants on Monday, telling them to end a long-standing practice of blocking each other's links on their sites…
Chinese social media platforms to “rectify” financial self-media accounts
China's top social media platforms, Wechat, Douyin, Sina Weibo and Kuaishou, said on Saturday they would begin to rectify irregular practices of "self-media"…
TikTok Surpassed Facebook to Become Most Downloaded App Worldwide in 2020: Nikkei Asia
TikTok surpassed Facebook to become the most downloaded app in the world in 2020, according to business journal Nikkei Asia, citing a global survey of app…