China fired a fresh regulatory shot at its tech giants on Monday, telling them to end a long-standing practice of blocking each other's links on their sites or face consequences.
Tencent restricts users from sharing content from ByteDance-owned short video app Douyin on Tencent's instant messaging apps WeChat and QQ. In February, Douyinwith a Beijing court saying that it constituted monopolistic behaviour. Tencent has called those accusations baseless.
"Forced cracks in China's walled gardens has the potential to re-write China's digital advertising and e-commerce landscapes," said Michael Norris, research and strategy manager at Shanghai-based consultancy AgencyChina.
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