China’s top internet regulator announced on Monday that it had carried out a two-month massive crackdown on social media, vowing to involve combat content that includes “incitement to maliciously incite conflict” and “negative views on life, such as life.”
Beijing requires social media companies to do medium content on their platforms and strictly control posts to avoid anything that is considered too subversive, vulgar, pornographic or generally harmful.
The China Cyberspace Administration (CAC) notice was a fine announcement this month against three popular digital platforms, which is said to have overlooked content management responsibilities.
On Saturday, the CAC said it would implement “discipline and punitive measures” against Weibo and short video platform Kuaishou, accusing them of highlighting celebrity news and “unwelcome” content.
Announcements follow similar action Xiao Shu (called) who played against Instagram on September 11 red In English.
Authorities have not designated punitive lawsuits against the three platforms.
The two-month campaign – which has not yet been designated in a statement on Monday’s aims to regulate the malicious incitement and promote violent and vicious currents, the CAC said.
The statement then lists specific online issues that authorities want to resolve in the crackdown.
These include “exploitation of social hotspots to forcefully associate identity, region, or gender with other information, stigmatization and hype”.
In practice, this may mean cutting off discriminatory posts. In July, local officials in eastern Thousand Province warned comedy not to inspire gender discord through joking standing habits about gender warfare.
Other issues the campaign targets include spreading “rumors” about economic, financial, social welfare and public policy.
Social media users tell AFP Second half of 2023.
Monday’s notice also mentioned “malicious explanation of social phenomena, unilaterally exaggerating negative individual cases and using them to promote negative perceptions of life, such as life.”
This can be seen as a broad phrase for the “lying flat” or “lping it rot” culture, which are used by young Chinese to describe lifestyles that suppress the hard work culture, but favor ease.
The statement said the repression aims to “promote a more civilized and rational online environment.”
