ByteDance issued a public apology on Wednesday, saying it will
China’s Internet watchdog has officially criticised Douyin, the widely used Chinese short video app, for failing to censor its marketing content well enough, after one of its own adverts was found to be considered disrespectful to one of the country’s most-respected wartime martyrs.
The Beijing office of the Cyberspace Administration of China has now called on Douyin – which is run by Beijing ByteDance Technology – via a statement on its official WeChat account to immediately take greater care scrutinising all adverts for offensive content.
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