[Manuel_D]

TikTok is Douyin with a different coat of paint. They're near identical apps run by the same company, ByteDance. It's not banned in China, it just has a different name.

[dotancohen]

And different content, which is what matters.

[Manuel_D]

Sure, by virtue of China's stricter regulation of social media. But for all intents and purposes, Douyin is TikTok in China. Or rather TikTok is Douyin in the rest of the world outside of China.

[tsol]

Americans spend a lot of time complaining about artificial Chinese filtering. It makes sense they'd serve them different content.