On May 26, the CAC announced that it had closed 67,000 social media accounts and deleted hundreds of thousands of posts between March 10 and May 22, as part of a “rectification” effort to clean up the country’s Internet space.
The latest crackdown targets accounts on popular mainland social media platforms such as WeChat, Douyin and Weibo.
Of the 67,000 accounts that were permanently closed, nearly 8,000 were accused of “spreading fake news, rumors, and malicious information,” according to the CAC. Nearly 1 million other accounts received lighter penalties, ranging from having their followers deleted to having their monetization privileges revoked.
In a separate operation, regulators shut down more than 100,000 accounts accused of using artificial intelligence technology to produce fake news or distort news.
Figures from the CAC show that there are nearly 13,000 fake military accounts on China's cyberspace, with names such as "Chinese Red Army Command", "Chinese Counter-Terrorism Force" or "Strategic Rocket Force".
About 25,000 other accounts are believed to be impersonating public organizations, such as the Centers for Disease Control or state research institutes.
Nearly 187,000 accounts impersonated media businesses, while more than 430,000 accounts allegedly offered professional consulting or education services without relevant professional qualifications.
About 45,000 accounts were banned for “exaggerating hot issues, pursuing power and making illegal money”.
The cyber crackdown is coordinated by “police, market supervision and other agencies.” The CAC also called on Chinese netizens to actively participate in monitoring and reporting offending accounts to “maintain a clean Internet space.”
(According to Reuters)
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