Video app Douyin denies Peppa Pig ban

Representatives from video sharing app Douyin says the company has not banned the British animation Peppa Pig, according to the National Business Daily and China National Radio.

A form allegedly posted by Douyin's community regulations that is circulating on the internet lists British children's TV animation character Peppa Pig as a "banned element", along with "banned songs", "pornographic and vulgar behaviors", "illegal or regulation-violating behaviors" and "discomforting behaviors".

A Douyin user then posted a message from the Douyin app, which said that a video posted on April 21 containing Peppa Pig was banned from playing, because it "violates the community regulations and has not passed censorship".