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ByteDance's Douyin sues Tencent for abusive conduct for restricting content sharing on WeChat, QQ

( February 3, 2021, 01:53 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: ByteDance's Chinese short-video app Douyin has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Tencent at the Beijing Intellectual Property Court, accusing the digital rival of abusive behavior through its instant-messaging apps WeChat and QQ. Tencent allegedly restricted users from sharing Douyin content on the apps for three years, while launching similar short-video products itself, Douyin said in a statement. With more than 1.2 billion and 600 million monthly active users, respectively, WeChat and QQ are in market-dominant positions, the statement said. Douyin also refuted claims by Tencent that the company had attempted to illegally access personal information of WeChat users.The statement follows:...

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