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ByteDance and Tencent have an embittered history of wrangling over exclusive intellectual property.

State agencies now hold 1% share and board seat at domestic unit.

ByteDance has lost yet another court case against Tencent for hosting videos involving Honor of Kings.

CCTV has exclusive broadcast rights to the Olympics in China and urged the government to clamp down on the proliferation of unauthorized content on short-video apps.

Data protection becoming more important as consumers demand privacy.

The company trains and markets short-video content creators across social channels like Douyin.

A slowdown in short-video growth triggers ByteDance’s search for other monetization methods in e-commerce, on-demand services, and healthcare.

Two-year-old simsim has raised a total of USD 16 million to date from investors like Accel Partners and Shunwei Capital.