Youku, Tencent, etc. provided a communication platform for children’s "cult" videos.
CCTV News:The National Anti-vice and Anti-illegal Office announced in official website that recently, according to the deployment requirements of the National Anti-vice and Anti-illegal Office, the anti-vice and anti-illegal departments in Guangdong and Beijing thoroughly investigated and dealt with video cases involving children’s "evil code". While strictly investigating Guangzhou Yinjun Company in accordance with the law, it initiated an investigation on Youku and Iqiyi Company, which cooperated with the company and provided communication platforms, and Tencent Company, which provided communication platforms for the company; Investigation on the existence of "good-looking" videos of Baidu to spread children’s "evil code" video content. The cultural law enforcement departments in Beijing and Guangdong have recently imposed relevant administrative penalties, ordering the above-mentioned Internet companies to correct illegal acts, warning them and imposing fines.
After investigation, Guangzhou Yinjun Company engaged in online video production and dissemination activities without obtaining administrative permission, and made props such as character dolls and colored clay in classic cartoons, filmed the production process into videos, or made videos with storylines by posing related finished products, and uploaded them to video platforms such as Youku, Iqiyi and Tencent. In November 2016, the company signed contracts with Youku and Iqiyi video platforms respectively, and used the "Happy Disney" account to upload videos, from which it made a profit of more than 2.2 million yuan. After examination and appraisal, some of them contain bloody and scary content. On February 5, the case was investigated and investigated by the public security organ of Tianhe District, Guangzhou on the basis of preliminary investigation and evidence collection by the cultural law enforcement department. On February 6, Guangzhou Tianhe District Administration for Industry and Commerce revoked the business license of the company according to law.
The responsible comrades of the national office of "eliminating pornography and illegal publications" said that the production and dissemination of harmful information that hinders the healthy growth of minors will be resolutely and severely cracked down. No matter what enterprises are involved, once they are verified, they will never be tolerated. Internet companies must fulfill their main responsibilities, carry out in-depth self-examination and clean-up, and do not provide any communication space for harmful information such as obscenity, vulgar violence and bloody terror. The National Office for Combating Pornography will continue to carry out the special campaign of "Protecting Miao 2018" and "Net Net 2018", severely crack down on related illegal and criminal activities, and welcome all sectors of society to actively participate in reporting and provide clues about related illegal activities. The telephone number of the report center of the national office for the fight against pornography and illegal publications is 12390, or it can be reported online through China Anti-pornography and illegal publications network, WeChat WeChat official account or the anti-pornography and illegal publications client.