This was the first suit that alleged antitrust violations. The two have sued each other hundreds of times in disputes over copyrights, infringement and unfair competition. The lawsuit was the latest development in a running feud between the two companies. Tencent responded by saying ByteDance’s accusation was “malicious framing” and pledged to countersue. ByteDance sought a modest 90 million yuan ($17.8 million) in compensation. The latest face-off took place in early February when ByteDance sued Tencent in a Beijing court alleging that Tencent violated antitrust laws by blocking access to content from Douyin on WeChat and its instant messaging app. WeChat last year launched a short-video feed to compete with Douyin, as TikTok is known in China. Its short-video platform – known as Douyin in China – has more than 600 million daily active users. Tencent, the gaming and social media behemoth, has amassed more than 1 billion users on its popular messaging app WeChat, which connects with a wide range of services offered by Tencent and partners.
The pair are clashing across multiple arenas as they fight for traffic. Beijing | China’s internet giant Tencent and rising challenger ByteDance, creator of TikTok, are fighting an all-out war with escalating turf battles and legal tussles even as the country’s regulators toughen scrutiny of big tech’s market power.
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