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TikTok is banned in China.
by nova22033 3y ago
TikTok is banned in China.
- Manuel_D 3y agoBut ByteDance, TikTok's owner, operates it's own analogous app in China, Douyin
- est 3y agoWhich means Tiktok was banned.
- Manuel_D 3y agoTikTok is Douyin with a different coat of paint. They're near identical apps run by the same company, ByteDance. It's not banned in China, it just has a different name.
- dotancohen 3y agoAnd different content, which is what matters.
- Manuel_D 3y agoSure, by virtue of China's stricter regulation of social media. But for all intents and purposes, Douyin is TikTok in China. Or rather TikTok is Douyin in the rest of the world outside of China.
- tsol 3y agoAmericans spend a lot of time complaining about artificial Chinese filtering. It makes sense they'd serve them different content.
- nova22033 3y agoWhy isn't TikTok available in China? Do you think it makes business sense to operate two different apps if they're "analogous"?
- Manuel_D 3y agoDouyin is TikTok in China. Or perhaps it's more appropriate to say that TikTok is the export version of Douyin. Reasons for having two apps are rife with speculation. One is that censorship in Douyin is more prevalent than on the export version (that one is pretty obvious). There's also speculation that the export version of Douyin has an algorithm tuned to be more addictive. But let's be clear, by ByteDance's own statements the two apps have shared management and technology.