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Chinese Influencer Loses 30M Fans and Is Forced to Apologise for Fake Story About 'Grade 1 Student'

Chinese social media user, Thurman Maoyibei, made up a viral story of a young student losing his study books at a cafe in Paris.

International Business Times UK

China's influence operations against the U.S. are bigger than TikTok

Intelligence officials and lawmakers describe the Chinese-owned social media app as a national security threat. But they haven't shared that evidence with the public.

WEKU

Chinese Sellers Go To TikTok School To Reach Buyers Abroad

Donning hijabs and floor-length abaya gowns over shorts and tank tops, Chinese students at an e-commerce school perform into a smartphone camera as they learn how to sell the clothes to overseas TikTok users.

International Business Times

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Why has the US passed a bill to ban TikTok, and what’s next?

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that could force TikTok’s Chinese owner to divest from the firm.

Al Jazeera

What Is ByteDance, The TikTok Parent In US Crosshairs?

From its birth in a Beijing apartment 12 years ago, ByteDance grew into one of the world's biggest tech firms -- best known in most countries as the creator of TikTok.

International Business Times

Taobao Launches Livestreamer Sandbox in Fight for Market Share

The Alibaba shopping unit will provide celebrities, influencers and institutions with a host of services to help them speak to the masses in real time

Caixin Global

Tencent-ByteDance Ceasefire Holds With Honor of Kings Deal

The agreement will allow the popular battle arena game to be streamed on Douyin in the wake of a longrunning tussle over copyrights

Caixin Global

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Taiwan Voters Face Flood Of Pro-China Disinformation

From deepfakes to breathless TikTok videos, a wave of disinformation has hit Taiwan's voters ahead of Saturday's presidential election, aimed overwhelmingly at candidates China opposes.

International Business Times

Viral series about Chinese teapot escaping from British Museum to become film

Series with 370m views echoes Chinese state media calls for return of cultural relics

The Guardian - UK

China urged to tackle online racism targeting Black people

Human Rights Watch says racist tropes ‘common’ across Chinese social media, and that platforms and government must act.

Al Jazeera

Chinese social media filled with anti-black racist content, says watchdog

Analysis by Human Rights Watch finds the country’s major platforms ‘do not routinely address’ pervasive online racism

The Guardian - UK

China proposes to limit children's smartphone time to a maximum of 2 hours a day

China’s internet watchdog has laid out regulations to curb the amount of time children spend on their smartphones, in the latest blow to firms such as Tencent and ByteDance, which run social media platforms and online games

The Independent UK

Shopping the next frontier for TikTok

JAKARTA: Inside a shophouse in Northeast Jakarta, dozens of salespeople take turns peddling cosmetics, contact lenses and hair accessories. A woman helps a potential customer choose the right shade of lipstick for her skin tone, while a man yells out the latest markdown on vitamin tablets.

Bangkok Post

Chinese influencer impersonates Russian soldier using deepfake filter

An man posing as "Paul Kochadie" fooled over 400,000 followers on his Douyin account (TikTok's equivalent in China) by using artificial intelligence to pretend to be a Russian soldier on the Ukrainian frontline. This man, who sent "daily" updates about the war in Ukraine, was neither Russian nor a soldier,…

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The Guardian - UK

Glum Chinese graduates go viral with pictures of misery amid jobs anxiety

Photos shared on social media show students draping themselves over park benches or stairs in poses of dejection

Businessweek

ByteDance Wants to Build an Everything App to Rival WeChat

The company behind TikTok aims to provide food delivery, travel bookings and whatever else people want.

Daily Mirror

Livestreamer famed for drinking challenges found dead after downing 7 bottles of spirits

Brother Three Thousand, a livestreamer on China's version of TikTok Douyin, broadcast himself downing bottles of spirits before he was discovered dead several hours later

Wales Online

Livestreamer dies after drinking seven bottles of alcohol on Chinese TikTok

The streamer was found 12 hours after his broadcast on the Chinese version of TikTok, Douyin

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Reuters

Migrants find tips on Chinese version of TikTok for long trek to U.S.-Mexico border

FRONTON, Texas -Lihua Wu's journey to the United States started when she scrolled past the words "The Route", one of several common hashtags on Douyin, the Chinese counterpart of TikTok, advising migrants on the irregular overland trek across Latin America to the United States, also known online as "the Big…

Caixin Global

Meituan Muscles In on Livestreaming E-Commerce With Inaugural Event

Some $12.5 million in coupons were sold during a marketing extravaganza that included an 11-hour livestream shopping show, featuring brands such as Luckin Coffee and budget boba tea chain Mixue Bingcheng

TechRadar

Leaked iPhone 15 Pro dummy teases much-rumored design changes

A leaked iPhone 15 Pro model seemingly corroborates many of the design rumors we've already heard about the device.

Bangkok Post

Woman walks again 4 years after husband pushed her off cliff, killing baby

A brave Chinese woman who lost the baby she was carrying when her husband pushed her off a cliff in Thailand four years ago can now stand and walk by herself.

The Independent UK

Why does US see Chinese-owned TikTok as a security threat?

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew has endured a nearly six-hour grilling by U.S. lawmakers, some of whom are pushing to ban the popular short-video app nationwide

The Conversation

China: the rise of TikTok sister app Douyin as a powerful consumer tool

Chinese people are increasingly using TikTok’s sister app as a way to complain about products and are finding it a powerful asset.

The Conversation

China could be harvesting TikTok data, but much of the user information is already out in the open

The social media app TikTok has been a focus for concerns that the Chinese government could access data on individual users. Whether the app poses a security risk remains unclear, but TikTok has now been banned from government devices in several countries.

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