ByteDance strikes back at Tencent, saying "they are all selling pig feed, no one should look down on anyone"? Douyin Vice President Li Liang: The related content is a rumor.

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25/05/2026
Recently, there have been rumors that executives from Tencent and ByteDance are "indirectly attacking each other." Tencent executives compared some "low-quality brainwashing short videos" to "pig feed," and later ByteDance vice president responded by saying, "We're all selling pig feed, no one should look down on each other." On May 24th, Li Liang, vice president of Douyin Group, posted on Weibo to clarify: the related content is a rumor, "I have not said such things, and no other 'ByteDance vice president' has said such things," and stated that his previous posts can be publicly verified, requesting Weibo and NetEase to promptly remove related rumors.