Douyin, China’s TikTok, permanently bans live-streamer who verbally harassed young women on the streets

  • A clip of the live-stream circulated on Weibo after a blogger shared it online
  • Live-streamers in China who post content considered inappropriate can land on a government blacklist that forbids them from performing

A live-streamer films himself following young women on the street before being banned from the Douyin platform. Picture: Douyin via Weibo

The Chinese version of TikTok, another ByteDance-owned app called Douyin, has banned the account of a user who live-streamed himself harassing women on the street.

Internet users became aware of the video on Friday after a clip was shared on Weibo. In it, a man was seen approaching various young women on a busy street at night. He was repeatedly ignored but kept pressing on.

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