China's internet regulator ordered ByteDance news app Jinri Toutiao to clea...
BEIJING - China’s internet regulator ordered ByteDance news app Jinri Toutiao to clean up its search engine, saying the search function threw up “slanderous” information on a late Communist Party military leader.
The move highlights the intense regulatory scrutiny Chinese internet platforms are under in China and how oversight, especially over how Chinese history is portrayed, is growing. The app should “prevent information dissemination that distorts, demonizes, blasphemes and negates the deeds and spirits of heroes,” the regulator added.
In August, Toutiao launched a Chinese-language search engine that collates content within its app and the rest of the internet, becoming a competitor with Chinese search engine giant Baidu.
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