CaixinChina video app Douyin aims to prevent net addiction among youth
Company fined in January for 'obscene, pornographic and vulgar' content
The app, with 600 million daily active users, has long been criticized for vulgar content inappropriate for young audience spreading on its platform. © AP
GUAN CONG and DENISE JIA, Caixin
Douyin, the Chinese version of ByteDance global sensation TikTok, has banned more than 200,000 malicious accounts targeting minors and took down more than 2 million illegal videos last year, the popular short-video streaming platform said Tuesday at a youth protection open day event.