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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Economist Vol. 428; no. 9100; pp. 58 - 60
Format:	Article
Published:	Economist Newspaper Limited 7/14/2018
Subjects:	Tencent Holdings Ltd. WeChat (Web resource) ByteDance Ltd. Social media mobile apps Actions & defenses (Law) Libel & slander lawsuits Application software
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

Description
Summary:	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.