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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by nova22033 on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @04:04PM (#39696717)
Why isn't TikTok available in China? Do you think it makes business sense to operate two different apps if they're "analogous"?
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Re:House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner... by Manuel_D on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @06:17PM (#39698259)
Douyin 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.

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