ByteDance censored anti-China content on news aggregator in Indonesia from 2018 to mid-2020

Chinese tech giant ByteDance censored content it perceived as critical of the Chinese government on its news aggregator app in Indonesia from 2018 to mid-2020, six people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

Following the publication of this story, BaBe said that before the “more localized approach” it currently uses, Babe had “some moderation practices in place that were not consistent with our philosophy of having the Indonesian team deciding what is appropriate for its market. ByteDance in Beijing said it had no additional comment beyond the BaBe statement. China’s Foreign Ministry and its internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China , did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

A senior Trump administration official also weighed in on the news. “Entities such as ByteDance ultimately answer to the Chinese Communist Party and have a history of censoring free speech to conform to CCP propaganda,” the person said. In seeking to reverse the ban, ByteDance agreed with Indonesian authorities to hire a team of local TikTok moderators and reinforce its presence in the world’s fourth largest country, according to the then Indonesian communications minister and three company sources.Story continues below advertisement

Under the new BaBe guidelines, articles from partner media outlets that were perceived as critical of the Chinese government would either not be republished on the BaBe app or would be taken down from the app, according to the six sources.

Well, I’m not surprised.

What a surprise.

Seriously the free world need to ban this thing. BanTikTok

BoycottChina

Nothing good from CCP Just BoycottChina for yourself

shiroihamusan TikTok is just a spy app. The big data analysis will find out all personal data of USA people.

Like Facebook and Twitter never censored anything?

shiroihamusan BanTikTok

Again shows that ByteDance always has been shaping the public trend according to the CCP, even outside China And then someone keeps saying it’s fine. It’s not fine at all!

Tiktok also censor so called ‘ugly’ face and similar face to Chairman Xi. I am not sure how can the left support this app!

Of course! ByteDance belogs to CCP who is the biggest oppressor to freedom.

All Chinese tech com are CCP related

The app assist the government to manipulate the hashtags and trends by altering the counting. Even the popularity of Kpop are cool down by the policy decision 🤷🏻‍♀️what’s do us expect? Chinazi BanTiktok

China is a Devil to the world

Boycott tiktok for real

Another evidence these Chinese apps are censoring out CCP unfavorable contents

No shit Sherlock

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