Apart from Douyin, Taiwanese TV channels and foreign media are also sources of information for these teenagers.

Source: https://worldcrunch.com/focus/biden-v-putin

Douyin already bans drinking during livestreams, with penalties ranging from warnings to users being restricted from livestream competitions and being shown on the app.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-65668223?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Douyin is easy to use and therefore appeals to users who are older or not tech-savvy.

Source: https://theconversation.com/china-the-rise-of-tiktok-sister-app-douyin-as-a-powerful-consumer-tool-201058

In China, ByteDance operates Douyin, which is targeted at the domestic market.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/former-bytedance-employee-tiktok-owner-chinese-communist-party-track-hong-kong-protesters-data-3545266?cid=cna_flip_070214

Many of our interviewees highlighted that for the older generation, posting short videos on Douyin is a better way to express dissatisfaction than microblogging sites because the process is straightforward.

Source: https://theconversation.com/china-the-rise-of-tiktok-sister-app-douyin-as-a-powerful-consumer-tool-201058

On Douyin, any user can comment on a video.

Source: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/china-tried-to-keep-kids-off-social-media-now-the-elderly-are-hooked

While it has been outmuscled by Douyin and especially by TikTok (more on both of those platforms momentarily), the social video app still boasts an impressive user base.

Source: https://247wallst.com/special-report/2023/12/02/17-twitter-competitors-what-share-of-social-media-does-it-have/