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That led to a temporary closure of TikTok Shop (and eventually resulted in TikTok鈥檚 acquisition of local ecommerce giant Tokopedia). And it could be a harbinger of things to come in other markets. China-linked retailers are facing headwinds in Vietnam, despite warming political ties.

Few US merchants are selling goods on TikTok Shop: Many are reluctant to invest time and resources in the platform given the widespread speculation that it will be banned or sold.

There will be 3.86 billion monthly social network users this year, equal to almost half (48.3%) of the world鈥檚 population. Despite concerns about content moderation and data privacy that have plagued Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok鈥攖o name just a few鈥攖he social audience is still on the rise.

ByteDance鈥檚 rise is threatened by potential TikTok bans in key markets. Only ByteDance has global audiences that rival Facebook鈥檚. This year, over a fifth of the world鈥檚 population will be users of TikTok or its Chinese counterpart, Douyin. There will be 1.73 billion users of TikTok or Douyin this year.

Temu isn鈥檛 the only Chinese ecommerce platform to fall afoul of Indonesian regulators: TikTok Shop was forced to shut down in the country temporarily last year, and the government is planning similar restrictions on Shein.

Our take: Despite efforts to diversify production away from China and into regions like India and Vietnam, Apple is realizing that its best options are with an established partner, at least for now. This article originally appeared in Insider Intelligence's Connectivity & Tech Briefing鈥攁 daily recap of top stories reshaping the technology industry.

Live retail ecommerce sales in the region (including Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) surged from $1 billion before the pandemic in 2019 to $13 billion in 2022, according to research firm Cube Asia.

Apparently, according to our figures, it's Vietnam. I don't have an interesting comment view on this. It was just, I can give you the order. It was Vietnam, then Thailand was next with 26 million, so quite close, and then Philippines was next with 20 million. So, quick check of the scores. Oh, zero all. Let's see if we can get a winner in this last question.

TikTok: 鈥淭颈办罢辞办 isn鈥檛 used at all,鈥� per the report, which adds that pharma companies may be missing opportunities to engage younger generations. Our take: We鈥檙e taking these findings with a grain of salt. Big Pharma companies aren鈥檛 very different from other multinationals, in that their global presence online is essential. Building trust is key for these sites, blogs, and apps.

That was the figure for Vietnam. Now, voting isn't mandatory in Vietnam, but you may or may not know there's a one party communist state in operation there. And elections are very strictly policed and encouraged. So that's why that figure is so high. 99% is also incorrect. Any idea what country? How does a 99% turn out? Jasmine Enberg (22:45):. Is it Australia? Bill Fisher (22:47):. No.