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China’s social media platforms will show users’ locations based on IP addresses

China hopes to fight the spread of false information by displaying user locations using their internet protocol (IP) addresses. The social media networks that will receive this feature are China’s own version of Instagram called ‘Xiaohongshu’ as well as their versions of Tiktok which are ‘Kuaishou’ and ‘Douyin’—both video-streaming platforms. Quora-like website, Zhihu, will also […]