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Social media platforms in China under investigation for alleged violation of cybersecurity laws

Indo Asian News Service • August 11, 2017, 14:39:52 IST
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The authorities in China heavily censor the internet, routinely blocking content or search terms and removing posts they consider sensitive.

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Social media platforms in China under investigation for alleged violation of cybersecurity laws

China’s largest social media platforms, Weibo, WeChat and Baidu Tieba, are under investigation for alleged violations of cybersecurity laws, the country’s internet watchdog announced on Friday. [caption id=“attachment_3918827” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]China has banned VPNs in the country. Reuters. China has banned VPNs in the country. Reuters.[/caption] The Office for Cyberspace Administration said the three platforms had failed to monitor content on their sites, reports the BBC. It said people had been using the platforms to spread terrorism-related material, rumours and obscenities. The breaches “jeopardised national security”, the administration said. Weibo, WeChat, and Baidu Tieba are among the most powerful social media platforms in the world, each attracting hundreds of millions of users in China. Last month 60 popular celebrity gossip sites were closed overnight for corrupting “core socialist values”, and a new regulation released in May requires all online news portals to be managed by Communist Party sanctioned editorial staff, according to the Cyberspace Administration. The authorities in China heavily **censor the internet** , routinely blocking content or search terms and removing posts they consider sensitive, the BBC reported. They also block foreign social media sites and apps, including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Search engines like Google are blocked, and access to many foreign media outlets is restricted too. **Recently** , following a crackdown on VPNs by the Chinese government, Apple had removed VPNs from its Chinese App Store, which was used to enable people to bypass censorship in the country.

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