From the evening of Aug. 31 into Sept. 1, Douyin experienced widespread service anomalies that disrupted its recommendation algorithm. Users reported home feeds being populated with non-routine content as preference tags failed; clicking Not interest

2026-09-01

From the evening of Aug. 31 into Sept. 1, Douyin experienced widespread service anomalies that disrupted its recommendation algorithm. Users reported home feeds being populated with non-routine content as preference tags failed; clicking Not interested or rapid swipes did not stop repeated low-quality posts. In addition to feed issues, some users encountered blank search pages and an inability to send or receive private messages. Douyin has not yet responded.