Trills and thrills.

The article reports on the lawsuit filed by Tencent, the parent company of the mobile-messaging service WeChat, against Bytedance, the parent company of music video platform Douyin. Topics discussed include Tencent's demand for Bytedance to apologise for its defamatory posts on its own platform, Dou...

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Publicado en:	Economist Vol. 428; no. 9100; pp. 58 - 60
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Economist Newspaper Limited 7/14/2018
Materias:	Tencent Holdings Ltd. WeChat (Web resource) ByteDance Ltd. Social media mobile apps Actions & defenses (Law) Libel & slander lawsuits Application software
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Sumario:	The article reports on the lawsuit filed by Tencent, the parent company of the mobile-messaging service WeChat, against Bytedance, the parent company of music video platform Douyin. Topics discussed include Tencent's demand for Bytedance to apologise for its defamatory posts on its own platform, Douyin's filing of a counter-lawsuit against Tencent, and the increased competition between Tencent and Bytedance.