---
title: "The Government was handed over Algorithm Data by the Chinese Internet Giants"  
description: "Chinese internet giants include Alibaba, Tiktok-owner ByteDance and Tencent have shared details of their algorithms with China's regulators for the fi"  
author: "Siddhi Shaw"  
published: 2022-08-17  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1885/the-government-was-handed-over-algorithm-data-by-the-chinese-internet-giants  
category: "technology"  
tags: ["algorithm", "technology", "data"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

---

# The Government was handed over Algorithm Data by the Chinese Internet Giants

Chinese internet giants include **Alibaba**, **Tiktok-owner ByteDance** and **Tencent** have shared details of their [algorithms](https://www.mindstick.com/news/682/pro-palestine-content-censoring-complaint-enables-an-algorithm-update-to-instagram) with China's regulators for the first time.

```
HIGHLIGHTS
Algorithms make sure what users see and the order they look into it
Cyberspace Administration of China reveals a list of descriptions of 30 algorithms
Each one of these algorithms were provided with a registration number
```

Algorithms make sure what users see and the order they look into it and were essential to driving the expansion of social [media platforms](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/114434/can-social-media-platforms-effectively-combat-online-misinformation-without-censorship).

They were closely guarded by firms. In the **US**, **Meta** and **Alphabet** have successfully argued that they were trade secrets amid calls for additional disclosure.

The **Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC)** has revealed a list that consists with the descriptions of **30 algorithms**. Well, in a statement it has mentioned that that its algorithm list would be habitually updated in a bid to curb data abuse.

Among the whole listed algorithms was one which belonged to e-commerce website **Taobao**, owned by [Alibaba](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1865/10-000-employees-got-fired-by-alibaba-in-the-last-three-months).

The **Mandarin document** has mentioned Taobao's algorithm '**recommends product or services to users through their [digital footprint](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/103665/what-is-a-digital-footprint) and historical search information**.'

ByteDance's algorithm for **Douyin**, China's version of TikTok has mentioned to gauge user interests through what they click, comment on, '**like**' or '**dislike**'.

**Kendra Schaefer**, head of [tech](https://www.mindstick.com/services/technologies) [policy research](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39235/where-is-the-headquarters-of-the-centre-for-policy-research-cpr) at **Trivium China**, has mentioned that the data had appeared '**surface level**'.

In one of her interview, she mentioned that '**It does not seem like the algorithms themselves were submitted**.'

She added '**Each one among these algorithms was provided with a [registration](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23222/bonuses-of-casino-online-free-and-with-registration) number therefore the CAC would be able to concentrate enforcement efforts on a certain algorithm. The question here was that what was the next to take look if an algorithm was up to code?**'

However, **Zhai Wei**, an executive director at the **[Competition](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23460/5-ways-you-can-use-competition-to-your-benefit) Law Research Centre** had believed that the information provided was '**much additionally elaborated than what it was published for sure**.'

As per him, '**That includes certain business secrets that were not possible to release to the [general public](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97352/when-did-cameras-start-being-used-by-the-general-public)**.'

**Byte Dance** had declined to comment on anything when it was approached to do so. Whereas, **Alibaba** and listed technology companies **Tencent**, **NetEase** and **Baidu** did not respond to the request to comment immediately, they took some time to respond.

Also Read: [What if algorithms get innovative](https://www.mindstick.com/news/925/what-if-algorithms-get-innovative)

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