Douyin e-commerce has filed suit against JD.com procurement manager Zuo Qi;
Beijing Haidian District Court has formally accepted the case. Between May
29-31, 2026 a screenshot of a social-media post by Zuo circulated alleging a
platform steered traffic to amplify negative coverage of JD during the 618 sales
period; the complaint says those claims — including alleged traffic support for
negative JD stories — are fabricated. The screenshot linked to an official
industry supervision report titled Prominent e‑commerce platform in price chaos:
Identical appliances priced over 1,000 yuan apart, market regulator orders
measures to curb hyper‑competitive pricing, which the complaint says never
appeared on Toutiao’s trending list.
