Why was the connotation section suddenly shut down?

Recently, relevant national departments have increased their supervision of video, information and other applications. News and information apps such as "Toutiao" have frequently been "named" by supervision and the media.

On April 4, the State Administration of Radio and Television, in response to issues such as the broadcast of programs that violate social morals on the two websites "Today's Toutiao" and "Kuaishou" that have attracted strong public attention, immediately made serious arrangements with the local management departments. The main persons in charge of the two websites "Today's Toutiao" and "Kuaishou" were interviewed, serious criticism was made, and comprehensive rectification was ordered. Subsequently, Kuaishou and Huoshan Video were removed from the shelves by some mobile app stores.

On April 10, while inspecting the rectification work of the "Toutiao" website, the State Administration of Radio and Television found that the "Neihan Duanzi" client software and related public accounts pushed by the company had incorrect guidance and vulgar style. and other outstanding issues, ordered "Today's Toutiao" to permanently shut down the "Neihan Duanzi" client software and public account. And asked the company to draw inferences from one example and comprehensively clean up similar audio-visual program products.

In response, the relevant person in charge of "Today's Toutiao" responded that according to the requirements of the regulatory authorities, "Today's Toutiao" will permanently shut down the "Neihan Duanzi" client software and public account.

"Today's Toutiao" also stated that it will strictly review all products, draw inferences from one example, actively rectify, adhere to the correct value orientation, and create a clean and upright network environment.

It is understood that "Neihan Duanzi" is a "social software and funny entertainment community that includes various themes and genres such as short videos, imaginative comments, pictures, jokes, essences, etc.", the operator It is Beijing ByteDance Technology Co., Ltd.

A regulatory storm is coming to your mobile phone

The lessons learned from Kuaibo have not yet gone far, and now "Neihan Duanzi" has followed in the footsteps of "vulgar".

The Internet space has moved from PC to mobile, but it is not a lawless place anywhere! Law enforcement must be strict and violations must be investigated. This is never just talk.

A regulatory storm is coming to your mobile phone.

In fact, it is not just "inner jokes". According to media reports, starting from April 9, some Android stores can no longer download apps such as "Toutiao" and "Tiantian Kuaibao".

On April 9, several people familiar with the application distribution channels confirmed that they had received requests from the competent authorities to remove four news and information applications before 15:00 that day. The four apps are Toutiao, Phoenix News, NetEase News and Tiantian Kuaibao.

From 15:00 on April 9, the download service of "Today's Toutiao" will be suspended for 3 weeks, "Phoenix News" will be suspended for 2 weeks, and "NetEase News" will be suspended for one week." "Tiantian Express" will suspend downloading for 3 days.

People who frequently surf the Internet will find that there are often some apps that, for the purpose of gaining eyeballs and traffic, play "edge games" in content, and even break through the bottom line of social morality and go against the mainstream of society. Values ??not only pollute cyberspace, seriously affect the healthy growth of young people, but also disrupt the order of the online audiovisual industry.

In the past year or so, relevant departments have continuously strengthened their supervision of cyberspace. In August 2017, the Cyberspace Administration of China announced that WeChat, Sina Weibo, and Baidu Tieba were suspected of violating the Cybersecurity Law and other laws and regulations, and had failed to fulfill their management obligations for information posted by users of their platforms that was prohibited by laws and regulations. , was placed under investigation.

At the end of December 2017, the mobile clients of "Tiantian Kuaibao" and "Phoenix News" were interviewed by the Beijing Cyberspace Administration for continuing to spread pornographic and vulgar information and illegally providing Internet news information services. He was ordered to immediately stop violating laws and regulations, and eight channels were suspended from updating.

Since this year, applications such as Zhihu and Kuaishou have also received requests for interviews from the competent authorities and penalties for application removal. Websites such as iQiyi and bilibili have also encountered policy supervision and removed a large number of film, television and animation resources. Online self-made content has become the hardest hit area due to marginalization. At the same time, the Internet Information Office also requires various social networking sites and clients to strengthen monitoring and management of content posted by users’ public accounts.

The purpose of this regulatory storm is very clear, which is to purify the online environment and create a clean and upright online space for the majority of netizens, especially young people.

Education must start with children. We cannot ignore the impact of cyberspace on young people. If bad content is constantly pushed to young people through algorithmic logic, it will not be conducive to the growth of young people and will also cause great social risks.

Cyberspace is not a place outside the law, and no one may use the Internet to spread illegal information. This is the most stringent red line of supervision at present!