Chinese regulator cracks down on ByteDance and Alibaba's platforms for violating content regulations.
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Tuesday, Sep 23, 2025 5:40 am ET1min read
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The CAC's campaign follows recent disciplinary actions against major platforms including short-video app Kuaishou, microblogging site Weibo, and Instagram-like Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, over similar content violations [2]. The initiative aims to address concerns about negative sentiment, particularly as China's economy struggles and youth joblessness remains a pressing issue.
The campaign will target trending topics, content recommendations, and comment sections on social media platforms. Content deemed problematic includes posts that incite fan group clashes, teach and sell doxxing techniques, and spread fabricated information, rumours about the economy, and sensational conspiracy theories. The CAC will also scrutinize posts that hype up pessimism and negativity, such as claims like "hard work is useless" or "studying is useless," and those that "exaggerate isolated negative cases and push negative outlooks on life."
China enforces strict rules on online content, with controls that are far more extensive than those in Western countries. The regulator's actions come amid growing concerns about the impact of strong sentiment fanned by heated online discussions on society.
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China's cyberspace regulator summoned ByteDance's Toutiao and Alibaba's UCWeb for content violations that disrupted the online ecosystem order. The regulator penalized both platforms and launched a two-month nationwide campaign to curb online content promoting violent or hostile sentiment.
China's cyberspace regulator has summoned ByteDance's news platform Toutiao and Alibaba's UCWeb over content violations that disrupted the online ecosystem order. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) penalized both platforms and launched a two-month nationwide campaign to curb online content promoting violent or hostile sentiment [1].The CAC's campaign follows recent disciplinary actions against major platforms including short-video app Kuaishou, microblogging site Weibo, and Instagram-like Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, over similar content violations [2]. The initiative aims to address concerns about negative sentiment, particularly as China's economy struggles and youth joblessness remains a pressing issue.
The campaign will target trending topics, content recommendations, and comment sections on social media platforms. Content deemed problematic includes posts that incite fan group clashes, teach and sell doxxing techniques, and spread fabricated information, rumours about the economy, and sensational conspiracy theories. The CAC will also scrutinize posts that hype up pessimism and negativity, such as claims like "hard work is useless" or "studying is useless," and those that "exaggerate isolated negative cases and push negative outlooks on life."
China enforces strict rules on online content, with controls that are far more extensive than those in Western countries. The regulator's actions come amid growing concerns about the impact of strong sentiment fanned by heated online discussions on society.
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