China needs to strengthen its anti-data monopoly measures
JIN DING/CHINA DAILY Recently, an article entitled "I was Played for a Sucker by Meituan Membership" was widely shared on China's social media. In it, a user of Meituan, one of the most popular food delivery apps in China shared his experience of buying a Meituan monthly membership that promised to send him "red envelopes" (which equals price reductions). After he became a member however, he was extremely frustrated to find out that Meituan wasn't genuine about their "price reductions" at all – it increased members' delivery fees. This "Big-Data Price Discrimination" incident was one of...
Source: chinadaily.com.cn