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2025.08.07

23:58

Market news: U.S. Democratic Senator Warren and other Democrats wrote to the CEOs of Google and YouTube, warning Google about reaching a settlement with the Trump administration.

2025.07.31

09:04

Google to roll out age verification feature to some users in the US

On July 30, Google announced that it will begin rolling out an "age verification" feature to a small number of users in the United States in the coming weeks and will closely monitor the situation before rolling it out to a wider user base. Google said that for users identified as under the age of 18, existing enhanced protections will be automatically provided to ensure an age-appropriate experience, including: enabling YouTube's digital well-being tools, such as reminding users to rest and go to bed, and adding protections to content recommendations, including limiting repeated viewing of certain types of content; disabling timelines in maps; disabling personalized ads and limiting age-sensitive ad categories; and preventing users identified as minors from accessing apps on Google Play that are restricted to adults only.

2025.07.30

07:48

According to AFP: An Australian minister will ban people under the age of 16 from using YouTube.

2025.07.24

10:45

TikTok's revenue in 2024 will reach $23 billion, accounting for a record high proportion of ByteDance's revenue

The TikTok Application Report by the UK Business of Apps shows that TikTok's revenue in 2024 will increase by 42.8% year-on-year to US$23 billion, making it the fourth largest social application in terms of revenue in the world, second only to Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. According to the reporter, although ByteDance's net profit growth and profit margin both slowed down in 2024, the overseas business revenue mainly based on TikTok increased by 63% year-on-year, accounting for a quarter of ByteDance's total revenue, setting a record high. As of press time, ByteDance has not yet responded to the above data.

2025.07.22

18:41

Mr. Beast will make his first live broadcast in China on July 26th, exclusively on Kuaishou

On July 22, Mr. Beast, a top overseas blogger, announced that he would start his first live show on a Chinese Internet platform in the United States, and it will be broadcasted exclusively on Kuaishou on July 26. Mr. Beast is known as the "world's number one Internet celebrity", with 410 million fans on YouTube and about 800 million fans on all platforms. Earlier, a source revealed that he plans to start a China tour in the second half of the year.

2025.05.23

05:58

Disney sues YouTube and former executives for breach of contract

Disney sues YouTube and former executives for breach of contract.

2025.03.11

13:56

Chinese Films responds to overseas promotion issues of Nezha 2

On March 11, Chinese Film Group issued a long article in response to questions related to the overseas promotion and distribution of "Nezha 2", saying that Chinese Film Group is not the overseas global distributor of "Nezha 2", but only the regional distributor in North America, Australia and New Zealand. Due to copyright and other factors, the film company did not arrange for a prior screening of the film. At that time, it was prepared to make a loss and used extremely high prices to guarantee the relevant regional distribution. At the same time, as a guaranteed distributor, Chinese Film Group not only bears all the investment in publicity and distribution, but also needs to obtain authorization from the copyright holder for all work, and the additional budget also needs to be reviewed and confirmed by the copyright holder. The company made the plan with the highest level of publicity and distribution for Chinese-language films without any advance screening and without the film being released in China. It booked the premiere at the TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles and the release in Times Square in advance, and promoted the film commercially on tiktok, YouTube and Instagram.

2025.02.21

01:55

YouTube plans to launch low-cost, ad-free paid videos.

2025.02.15

09:04

In 2024, Douyin e-commerce GMV will be about 3.5 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of more than 30%.

On the morning of February 13, ByteDance held a new staff meeting. ByteDance CEO Liang Rubo, CFO Gao Zhun, HR director Hua Wei, e-commerce director Kang Zeyu, AI director Zhu Wenjia, and TikTok CEO Zhou Shouzi attended the meeting to communicate with employees. Regarding the e-commerce business, Liang Rubo said that Douyin e-commerce has three goals this year, namely increasing user coverage, increasing the scale of live e-commerce, and increasing GMV (total transaction volume) generated by searches. According to the all-staff meeting, the GMV of Douyin e-commerce in 2024 will be about 3.5 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of more than 30%. The GMV of Douyin e-commerce in the first half of last year did not meet expectations. In the second half of the year, when many head anchors "collapsed" and other heads were less enthusiastic about participating in the promotion, the gap in the GMV target was still made up through the unexpected performance of shelf scenes and store broadcasts (merchants' own broadcasts). For overseas business, Kang Zeyu introduced that TikTok's e-commerce market share in Southeast Asia continued to increase, and the UK completed its GMV target with a budget better than the plan at the beginning of the year. The performance of the US market in 2024 was not as expected, and many goals were not achieved in the first three quarters. In the third quarter, the management team reviewed the US market strategy, cut the budget, and focused on content e-commerce. GMV resumed growth, and the short video submissions of influencers increased significantly. The live broadcast GMV of TikTok's US e-commerce is still less than 20%, most of which is contributed by short videos, while domestic GMV is mostly contributed by live broadcasts. Regarding the company's image, Liang Rubo said that catching up with YouTube in terms of user trust and reputation is the business goal this year. He also mentioned that Douyin and Toutiao should do a good job in the governance of false information and rumors, crack down on the behavior of seeking traffic without bottom line, and increase the fairness and predictability of governance.

2025.02.14

20:31

Liang Ruobo, CEO of ByteDance: Douyin must do a good job in managing rumors and cracking down on unscrupulous behaviors that seek traffic

According to media reports, on the morning of February 13, ByteDance held a new AllHands meeting. Regarding the company's image, ByteDance CEO Liang Rubo said that TikTok's business goal this year is to catch up with YouTube in terms of user trust and reputation. He also mentioned that Douyin and Toutiao should do a good job in managing false information and rumors, crack down on behaviors that seek traffic without any bottom line, and increase the fairness and predictability of management.

2025.02.13

07:30

Google tests using AI to determine user age

Google said on Wednesday that it will begin using artificial intelligence to determine whether a user is old enough to use its products. Google announced the new technology for determining the age of users in a blog post titled "New digital protections for children, teens, and parents," and will begin testing it in the United States this year. A spokesperson confirmed that all Google products will use this technology, including YouTube. Google will adopt this technology in more countries over time.

2025.02.06

00:12

Google: Releases 2.0 Flash thought experiment model to Gemini app users, which can interact with YouTube, search engine and Google Maps.

2025.01.20

14:49

Malaysian government requires LinkedIn to apply for social media operating license

On January 20, Malaysian Communications Minister Fahmi Fazil said that LinkedIn needs to obtain a social media license to continue operating in the country. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has contacted LinkedIn's parent company Microsoft. MCMC announced in July last year that in order to combat cyberbullying and false information, all social media and Internet information service platforms with more than 8 million registered users in the country must apply to the government for an application operating license between August 1 and December 31 last year, otherwise they will not be allowed to continue operating in the country from January 1 this year, and the authorities will also take appropriate legal action against the illegal platforms. MCMC said on the 1st of this month that WeChat and TikTok had obtained operating licenses before the deadline of December 31 last year. Fahmi Fazil said that they are still negotiating with X and YouTube to register for operating licenses, and Meta is in the final stage of obtaining a license.

2024.12.19

20:00

Russian President Vladimir Putin: Russia's communications regulator is doing the right thing by dealing with YouTube.

19:58

Russian President Vladimir Putin: Google (GOOG.O) and YouTube must comply with Russian laws.

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