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China's Xiaohongshu has an uphill climb in a saturated market as it hires in the U.S. and launches an e-commerce portal for overseas markets.

As countries start enforcing new age-limit laws, platforms like Roblox use facial technology — but critics warn of privacy leaks and surveillance.

And Indonesian creators are leading the charge.

In 2025, China invested in manufacturing hubs and data centers in Asia, mining in Latin America, and energy projects in Africa and the Middle East.

In her new book “The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet,” journalist Yi-Ling Liu examines the country’s censorship, viral trends and growing global power.

Some global users are turning to services like Proton Mail and UpScrolled instead.

The company's CEO says users are flooding the platform after the sale of TikTok in the U.S.

ByteDance says a group of investors led by Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX will set up a U.S.-focused TikTok to avoid a federal ban.

In her new book, Every Screen on the Planet: The War Over TikTok, journalist Emily Baker-White charts the Chinese app’s rise to becoming a global juggernaut. Here is an excerpt on the company’s courtship of the Gulf nations ahead of a deal on its U.S. operations.

Livestream sellers have built booming careers. Now, bots are threatening to steal their spotlight and their customers.

The Anacé Indigenous community is going to court to stop a planned TikTok data center they say is being built on their land.

A year after merging with local giant Tokopedia, TikTok’s business model is alienating sellers, forcing many to join rival platforms.