Tencent Holdings is suing Beijing ByteDance Technology, the operator of popular news app Jinri Toutiao and short-video app Douyin, and an affiliated company for defamation, seeking a token compensation of one yuan (about 15 US cents).
The lawsuit, filed in the Haidian District People's Court of Beijing, accused the two plaintiffs of “widely distributing and disseminating expressions, articles and videos to defame Tencent since May 2018”, according to a statement from Tencent on Friday.