SCMP - Apr 30 - Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, launched a location-based social feature on Monday that allows users to find people nearby by shaking their phones, replicating a feature almost identical to one that has long existed in Tencent Holdings' WeChat in a move widely seen as a challenge to the latter's dominance in social networking. To encourage people to try the new feature, Douyin introduced a 5-day campaign allowing users to win prizes such as KFC coupons after shaking their phones and befriending others.
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Douyin Gets WeChat-style Friend-finding Function in Social Networking Push
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Douyin Has 550 Million Search Users, Takes on Baidu
TECH CRUNCH - Feb 19 - More than two years after Douyin incorporated a search function back in mid-2018, the feature reached 550M monthly active users. There's still room for Douyin's search feature to grow, as the app last reported 600M daily users in September, so its monthly user base should be above that. Search is a territory that had long been dominated by Baidu in China. As of December, Baidu's flagship app had 544 million monthly active users, so it's safe to say as many people are searching on Douyin as on Baidu.
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China Court Accepts ByteDance Case Filing Against Tencent Over Alleged Monopoly
TECH CRUNCH - Feb 9 - ByteDance is bringing its battle with archrival Tencent to the court at a time when the Chinese government moves to curve the power of the country's internet behemoths. The Beijing Intellectual Property Court has permitted a ByteDance lawsuit brought against Tencent to proceed. ByteDance alleged that Tencent's restrictions on Douyin, the Chinese TikTok, are in violation of China's anti-monopoly draft rules. For 3 yrs, Tencent has blocked Douyin from its networking apps WeChat and QQ, which bans users from viewing or sharing content from Douyin. Tencent's behavior "no doubt" constitutes "monopolistic behavior achieved by abusing market domination to exclude and limit competition," which the proposed anti-monopoly law prohibits, Douyin said.
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Douyin Sues Tencent Over Alleged Market Monopoly
GLOBAL TIMES - Feb 3 - Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, confirmed that it has filed a lawsuit with the Beijing Intellectual Property Count (BIPC) against what it claims is a monopoly by Tencent. Douyin stated that Tencent blocked users from sharing content from Douyin on its social networking platforms WeChat and QQ, and such a move constituted "the monopoly of abusing market domination as well as excluding and restricting competition," which is regulated under China's anti-monopoly law. As such, Douyin asked the court to order Tencent to stop the practice, publish a statement removing its negative impact, and compensate Douyin's economic losses and reasonable expenses totaling $13.9M. Tencent said that ByteDance's move is "maliciously framing it" and the company will sue ByteDance for illegal infringement.
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WeChat Banning Links Makes Douyin More Social in Public Spat With Tencent
SCMP - Feb 1 - The head of ByteDance's China operations said Douyin (Chinese TikTok) users have become more social on the platform because of WeChat's policy of blocking links to the short video app, becoming the latest volley in a bitter exchange between Douyin and Tencent. "[Social networking on Douyin] is occurring due to internal and external forces," Zhang said. The internal reason, according to the CEO, is because of the massive popularity of the app, which had 600M daily active users as of last August. The external reason, she said, is the WeChat ban. WeChat users started reporting problems with sharing Douyin links in March 2018.
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ByteDance Steps Into Mobile Payments
MOBILE WORLD LIVE - Jan 20 - ByteDance launched a mobile payment service under the Chinese version of its TikTok brand placing the company head-to-head with dominant rivals Alipay and WeChat Pay. The company confirmed the availability of Douyin (TikTok) Pay in China, with a representative adding it planned to supplement local payment options while enhancing the range of services it offers users of its core app.
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Douyin Adds 106M Users in 2020
BUSINESS INSIDER - Jan 5 - Douyin (TikTok) added 106 million users in 2020, as overall social network usage in China reaches 97.3% of internet users. The estimation for Douyin's growth in 2020 will be more than triple the pre-pandemic estimate, at 24.3%, reaching 543.6M monthly active users. This means that 65.0% of all mobile internet users in China are Douyin regulars. This user growth in 2020 equates to about 58 million new people joining social networks and increases the overall penetration rate among internet users to 97.3%.
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