{"id":623,"date":"2017-12-08T16:23:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T08:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2017\/12\/08\/top-social-media-under-investigation-for-breaching-cyber-law\/"},"modified":"2025-01-01T20:11:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T12:11:15","slug":"top-social-media-under-investigation-for-breaching-cyber-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/top-social-media-under-investigation-for-breaching-cyber-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Social Media Under Investigation For Breaching Cyber Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>China&#8217;s top <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/social\/\" title=\"View all posts in social\" >social<\/a> media sites, including Baidu, Tencent and Weibo, are under government investigation for failing to comply with laws which ban violent and obscene content.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/jobs\">China&#8217;s top social media sites<\/a>, including Baidu, Tencent and Weibo, are under government investigation for failing to comply with laws which ban violent and obscene content.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FvnIZZoSv9Hyu_v78dpA4oEOn_mm?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/top-social-media-under-investigation-for-breaching-cyber-law\/#Photo_CGTN\" title=\"Photo:CGTN\">Photo:CGTN<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/top-social-media-under-investigation-for-breaching-cyber-law\/#The_Baidu_search_engine_seen_on_a_smartphone_screen_Photo_AFP\" title=\"The Baidu search engine, seen on a smartphone screen. Photo:AFP\">The Baidu search engine, seen on a smartphone screen. Photo:AFP<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/top-social-media-under-investigation-for-breaching-cyber-law\/#Sinas_Weibo_app_seen_on_a_smartphone_screen_Photo_AFP\" title=\"Sina&#8217;s Weibo app seen on a smartphone screen. \u00a0Photo:AFP\">Sina&#8217;s Weibo app seen on a smartphone screen. \u00a0Photo:AFP<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/top-social-media-under-investigation-for-breaching-cyber-law\/#Tencents_WeChat_app_seen_on_a_smartphone_screen_Photo_AFP\" title=\"Tencent&#8217;s WeChat app seen on a smartphone screen. Photo:AFP\">Tencent&#8217;s WeChat app seen on a smartphone screen. Photo:AFP<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_CGTN\"><\/span>Photo:CGTN<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said on Friday it was investigating Tencent&#8217;s WeChat, Sina&#8217;s Weibo and Baidu&#8217;s Reddit-like forum Tieba over suspected violations of cyber-security laws.<\/p>\n<p>According to the administration&#8217;s website, &#8220;users are spreading violence, terror, false rumors, pornography and other hazards to national security, public safety and social order&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FvQveW3Q4edILVPObOJRFCsN1mV5?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"2.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"457\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Baidu_search_engine_seen_on_a_smartphone_screen_Photo_AFP\"><\/span>The Baidu search engine, seen on a smartphone screen. Photo:AFP<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Cyber authorities also called on the same firms to carry out immediate &#8220;cleaning and rectification&#8221; at a meeting with their representatives last month.<\/p>\n<p>As one of China&#8217;s most popular <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/social-media\/\" title=\"View all posts in social media\" >social media<\/a> platforms, Weibo was ordered to partially close its video site over violations, wiping out a combined 1.3 billion US dollars worth of stock between Weibo and parent firm Sina Corp.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to the rest of the world, China has its own censorship in terms of accessing information online.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FkO5HKrSZALZvXK1BboSd2FyFeOE?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"3.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sinas_Weibo_app_seen_on_a_smartphone_screen_Photo_AFP\"><\/span>Sina&#8217;s Weibo app seen on a smartphone screen. \u00a0Photo:AFP<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The CAC was responsible for issuing a &#8220;voluntary pledge&#8221; that was intended to be adhered to by the major Internet portals in China about the comments that would or would not be allowed to be made on their website.<\/p>\n<p>According to CAC policy, <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/information\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">information<\/a> includes &#8220;harmed national security&#8230; harmed the nation&#8217;s honor or interest&#8230;damaged the nation&#8217;s religious policies&#8230;spread rumors&#8230;disturbed public order&#8230; and intentionally using character combinations to avoid censorship&#8221; are banned.<\/p>\n<p>WeChat and Weibo have about 940 million and 350 million monthly active users respectively, according to official data.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FnPoLVpUCEjHAlgAELbUhLzmds5J?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"4.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"431\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tencents_WeChat_app_seen_on_a_smartphone_screen_Photo_AFP\"><\/span>Tencent&#8217;s WeChat app seen on a smartphone screen. 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