While some propose an outright ban, others advocate for media literacy initiatives to educate users about online disinformation. As Taiwan navigates these challenges, the government is considering policies to increase transparency in TikTok’s content moderation and algorithmic operations.

A growing number of researchers fear that the controversial app is promoting pro-China content and softening attitudes towards the People’s Republic

Young Taiwanese are increasingly consuming Chinese content on TikTok, which is changing their views on identity and making them less resistant toward China, researchers and politicians were cited as saying by foreign media.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Researchers in Taiwan are increasingly concerned that TikTok is softening young Taiwanese attitudes toward China, potentially weakening their resolve to resist annexation. A report by the Financial Times cites a 2024 poll from the ...

A number of TikTok users appear to be turning to an app called RedNote — more commonly known to its majority-Chinese audience by its Chinese name, Xiaohongshu.

More than one-fifth of Taiwanese adults used TikTok or Douyin (抖音) — the Chinese version of TikTok — at least once during a three-month period last year, a report released by the Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA) showed.

The Chinese social media app, popular in the United States a week after being flooded by TikTok users, has added language translation features.

The controversy over TikTok in US politics reflects a broader trend — the growing entanglement of technology and politics, as was evidenced by the overwhelming attendance of tech giants at Trump’s inauguration.

A Taiwan online celebrity has asked so-called TikTok refugees flooding the Chinese social media app RedNote to make sure they engage properly with the local culture. Yu Enli, who is the son of ...

Despite facing a looming ban, ByteDance and the U.S. government have been locked in a proverbial game of chicken, with TikTok’s parent company refusing to divest more than a year later. Lawmakers and experts have long argued that the firm is beholden to the Chinese government, creating security risks for the app’s American users.

Start-ups with Chinese ties have found it increasingly difficult to do business and list shares in the United States.