By Devanshe Pandey,News18

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China’s internet regulator on Saturday issued warnings and imposed “disciplinary measures” on live-streaming platform Kuaishou and social media platform Weibo. Extending a crackdown on social media applications, China cited failures in content management as a reason behind the step.
As per a report by AFP, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) declared that the measures would include “summonses for interviews, injunctions to correct breaches within a specified period, warnings and strict sanctions against those responsible”.
Weibo, Kuaishou are reportedly under the scanner for highlighting celebrity news and “undesirable” content. Notably, CAC took similar action against Instagram-like Xiaohongshu, known as Rednote in English, last week.
In a statement, Weibo said it “takes the matter very seriously” and “sincerely accepts the criticism and disciplinary decisions” from the authorities.
“A special task force was immediately established to carry out rectification work, aiming to address governance issues around the trending list with the highest standards and strictest requirements, and to fully assume responsibility for content management,” the company was cited as saying by Reuters.
Sanctions On Xiaohongshu
Last week, CAC has said that it had ordered “warnings and strict punishment” to bosses at popular social media app Xiaohongshu over its online content, slamming “trivial” and “negative” posts.
As per a report by AFP, the statement criticised Xiaohongshu for hosting “numerous posts hyping celebrities’ personal dynamics and trivial matters and other negative content frequently populating the hot search list”.
“A clear, clean and healthy cyberspace aligns with the interests of the people,” it added.