A Bytedance sign is seen on the facade of its headquarters in Beijing. Photo: Reuters
ByteDance’s news app and nearly 130 apps ordered to halt privacy infringement by China’s internet watchdog
- Jinri Toutiao, alongside other popular apps from Tencent, Nike and Sohu, was ordered to rectify its data practices by China’s internet watchdog
- Privacy infringements and information breaches have become hot-button issues as Beijing intensifies scrutiny of China’s Big Tech
A Bytedance sign is seen on the facade of its headquarters in Beijing. Photo: Reuters
Corrected [1:00pm, 18 Jun, 2021]
- [1:00pm, 18 Jun, 2021]
The original article wrote that Sogou was among the apps ordered to fix their data collection practices when, in fact, it was Sohu.
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