Regular users of the short-video app TikTok are more likely to subscribe to narratives that favor the Chinese government, according to research published this month in Taiwan. In a public opinion poll ...

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Critics of TikTok have pointed to an allegedly tamer version in China. The push in Washington, D.C., for a potential TikTok ban has drawn mounting scrutiny toward the app over data privacy risks tied ...

One of China’s most popular short-video and streaming platforms was flooded with porn and violent content earlier this week, ...

Apple is leaning into TikTok's massive influence in China by opening a Douyin storefront where fans can buy iPhone and more with Douyin Pay. Douyin is China's version of TikTok — ByteDance, the parent ...

A moderation system run by ByteDance staff in China uses word lists to detect or suppress content about everything from TikTok rival YouTube to marginalized Uyghurs to 2024 presidential candidate ...

TikTok's Beijing-based owner was among the companies under pressure this month to get tough on moneymaking stunts after a livestreamer reportedly drank himself to death two weeks ago. China's most ...

TikTok, including its Chinese counterpart Douyin, in 2024 became the first non-game app to reach $6 billion in in-app purchase revenue in a year. According to a new report from app intelligence ...

In an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes,” a tech expert stated that the U.S. version of TikTok — a Chinese-owned social media platform — is different than the Chinese version of the app, comparing the ...

The summer holiday is meant to be a time for both students and parents to relax. But deliberately anxiety-inducing marketing content has proliferated on Chinese social media, exploiting parents’ fears ...

Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, spurred a creator economy with more than 700 million active users. The social media video app, owned by ByteDance has parental controls and even time limits. NBC ...

Apple is currently testing Douyin Pay support, a mobile payment service owned by TikTok's parent company, for the China App Store. Douyin is, to put it plainly, China's version of TikTok — ByteDance ...