BEIJING: Chinese regulators ordered ByteDance Ltd 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 Cyberspace Administration of China informed TikTok’s operator it must take down its Feishu office collaboration tool from major domestic app stores for about a month, people familiar with the matter said.
Even with strong incumbents like Microsoft Corp. and Slack Technologies Inc., it has room for growth and ByteDance has the added incentive of a spurt in demand in its home market. 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.
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