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China roundup: Games are opium, algorithms need scrutiny

Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. The question for the tech news cycle in China these days has become: Who is Beijing’s next target? Regulatory clampdowns are common in China’s tech industry but the breadth of the recent moves has been unprecedented. No major tech giant is exempted and everyone is being attacked from a slightly different angle, but Beijing’s message is clear: Tech businesses are to

Trump Issues New Executive Order Demanding ByteDance Sell TikTok

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday issued an additional executive order directing Chinese company ByteDance to divest itself of short-form video app TikTok 90 days from the date of the order, or Sept. 29.   The prior executive order issued Aug. 7 by the president did not mention the U.S. Treasury and would have demanded that app stores for Android and Apple iOS mobile devices stop distributing the TikTok app if ByteDance did not reach a deal to sell it in “45 days.” The new executive order adds more conditions for

Trump’s Executive Order Against WeChat And TikTok Could Impact Big Game Publishers (Updated)

Update: LA Times reporter Sam Dean says that he has gotten confirmation from the White House that this executive order will, in fact, not impact video game developers. You can see his tweet below.Video game companies owned by Tencent will NOT be affected by this executive order!White House official confirmed to the LA Times that the EO only blocks transactions related to WeChatSo Riot Games (League of Legends), Epic Games (Fortnite), et al are safe(pending updates) — Sam Dean ? (@SamAugustDean) August 7, 2020This is "pending updates," though--we'll be sure