Chinese authorities announced on Saturday “Disciplinary and punitive measures” against local social networks Weibo (similar to x) and Kuahou (videos) for highlighting the current news of celebrities and publishing “undesirable” content.
These measures consist of “calls for interviews, orders to correct offenses within a certain period, warnings and strict sanctions against those responsible,” said the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), Without giving more details.
Similar measures were taken last week against another popular application, Rednote (the “Chinese Instagram”, also known as “Xiaohongshu”).
Chinese communist authorities force social networks to carry out, through moderation and censorship teams, strict control of the contents that they consider too subversive, vulgar, pornographic or harmful.
In this context, the CAC, in separate but almost identical communications, reproached Weibo and Kuahou on Saturday “Having fulfilled your main responsibility” In this matter.
It points in particular the “classification of more popular searches”, where the most watched themes stand out.
These lists appear “undesirable contents” in outstanding positions, “such as those that overrepresent the activities of celebrities, as well as trivial publications,” says the CAC.
This accuses Weibo of “damaging the online ecosystem” already kuaishou to contribute to the excessive propagation of entertainment content considered frivolous. Consequently, he announced these “disciplinary and punitive measures” against these platforms.
Weibo is a microblog platform that allows you to publish texts and photos. Its content usually focuses today. In March, the company declared to have 591 million monthly active users.
Kuahou is a short videos application, similar to Tiktok. At the beginning of the year, he claimed to have more than 730 million monthly active users.
