Taiwan is Restricting Chinese Video Apps Like TikTok for Fear of Disinformation

Chinese-owned video apps are taking over the world — but some countries are worried about that

Nithin Coca
FFWD
Published in
5 min readSep 25, 2019

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Image: Chris Stokel-Walker

For years, it has been widely known that Chinese social media platforms such as WeChat and Weibo are heavily censored and subject to direct control by the state. But as…

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Nithin Coca
FFWD
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Global journalist covering politics, environment, human rights & the social impacts of tech for OneZero, Gizmodo, The Nation and more www.nithincoca.com/writer