The Beijing ByteDance Technology headquarters in Beijing. The company is best known for a mobile app called Jinri Toutiao. Photo: Bloomberg The Beijing ByteDance Technology headquarters in Beijing. The company is best known for a mobile app called Jinri Toutiao. Photo: Bloomberg
The Beijing ByteDance Technology headquarters in Beijing. The company is best known for a mobile app called Jinri Toutiao. Photo: Bloomberg
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China takes popular news app Toutiao offline for 24 hours over pornographic content

Platform accused of misguiding online public opinion

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Kristin Huang
Kristin Huang

Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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The Beijing ByteDance Technology headquarters in Beijing. The company is best known for a mobile app called Jinri Toutiao. Photo: Bloomberg The Beijing ByteDance Technology headquarters in Beijing. The company is best known for a mobile app called Jinri Toutiao. Photo: Bloomberg
The Beijing ByteDance Technology headquarters in Beijing. The company is best known for a mobile app called Jinri Toutiao. Photo: Bloomberg
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