China Orders TikTok Owner ByteDance to Remove Office App

  • Regulators found the app allowed access to Facebook, Twitter
  • The decision deals a blow to ByteDance’s internet ambitions
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Chinese regulators ordered ByteDance Ltd. to temporarily suspend downloads of its nascent Slack-style office app after discovering content from banned sites like Facebook and Twitter, dealing a blow to the startup’s broader internet ambitions.