China’s cyberspace watchdog sent a team to the offices of social media firm Douban to oversee the remediation of “serious chaos” on its platform, the regulator said in a brief statement on Tuesday.
Beijing has stepped up its efforts to clean up its internet space, urging companies such as Tencent Holdings Ltd., owner of social media app WeChat, and Twitter-like platform Weibo Corp. to monitor and control the flow of information online.
Last year, China’s Cyberspace Administration fined Beijing Douwang Technology Co., the official name of the company that runs the platform, 10.5 million yuan, or $1.6 million. popular discussion board on movies, entertainment and culture, primarily for allowing the release and dissemination of prohibited information. The regulator also summoned the company’s executives for “serious violations” in December.
In December, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology also ordered app stores to remove Douban and other apps for data breaches that have not yet been rectified as required. Douban’s application remains available on the Apple Inc. App Store.
Douban did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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