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Tech giants under fire in China for allowing ‘soft child porn’ stickers

By Shubhangi on Jul 23, 2021 | 03:33 AM IST

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Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) is monitoring several internet platforms for allowing “soft child porn” emoji stickers to spread on their platforms and using "sexually suggestive underage" short videos to attract audience.

CAC said in a statement that internet platforms such as Tencent's messaging app QQ, e-commerce platform Taobao run by Alibaba, short video app Kuaishou, social media platform Weibo and social e-commercial app Xiaohongshu, were recently asked to correct the problems, purge relevant user accounts, and were fined an undisclosed amount, reported ABS-CBN News.

Another crackdown to curb harmful content for underage internet users is being launched in China, said CAC.

The crackdown would focus on issues including pornographic and violent content on online education platforms, people flaunting excessive wealth on live streaming and short video platforms, and online fan groups that induce minors to contribute money to their idols, according to ABS-CBN News.

China's state-run media outlets had previously exposed "soft child porn stickers" on online platforms.

Pictures of children with sexually suggestive text on them were used for these stickers and were then circulated, reported People’s Daily in January.

CAC, in June, had said that it would work on stopping harmful online fan club activities including publishing private information about an individual.

(With inputs from ABS-CBN News)

Picture Credits: South China Morning Post

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