HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - Chinese regulators ordered ByteDance to temporarily suspend downloads of its nascent Slack-style office app after discovering content from banned sites like Facebook and Twitter, dealing a blow to the startup's broader internet ambitions.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HONG KONG - Chinese regulators ordered ByteDance to temporarily suspend downloads of its nascent Slack-style office app after discovering content from banned sites like Facebook and Twitter, dealing a blow to the startup's broader internet ambitions.
The decision deals a blow to ByteDance's ambitions while casting an unwanted spotlight on Feishu, which became popular during the pandemic as a work-from-home alternative. Feishu was intended to help spearhead a foray into the enterprise software market, which has skyrocketed since Covid-19 pushed millions of workers out of offices.
Feishu - a mash-up of Slack, Skype and Google Docs - competes in China against similar offerings from Alibaba and Tencent. DingTalk from Alibaba was the most downloaded free app on China's iOS App Store for weeks during the nationwide lockdown. Feishu's twin app for users outside China, called Lark, is operating as normal and targeted at markets including Japan and Singapore.
Staying on censors' good side is key to the longer-term success of Chinese internet firms like ByteDance, the world's largest startup. Beijing rigidly polices its online sphere, seeking to scrub content it considers a threat to social stability. In 2018, ByteDance had to shut popular jokes app Neihan Duanzi after regulators complained about vulgar and improper content. In a similar vein this month, regulators ordered Baidu to suspend several news channels on its flagship search app.
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