Comment by legitster 20 hours ago
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/tiktok-china/story?id=108111...
Anecdotally, I have heard from people who lived in China at the time that there was a significant shift in content a few years back.
China didn't go after TikTok _alone_ - they reportedly went after anything deemed too addictive, including limiting the time spent on games. It was very clearly aimed towards reducing digital addiction (which is something us in the West still try to ignore as an epidemic)
> China didn't go after TikTok _alone_
Because it was never there. Bytedance never launched TikTok in China.
it's called Douyin. It's the same product, the same way a Mexican Coke is the same thing as an American Coke, and both are produced by the same company (Coca Cola).
The whole country had a shift though, they implemented gaming and entertainment regulations and video sites like bilibili went from $153 to a low of $8 a share.