China kills nine messaging apps for peddling pornography as internet crackdown gathers pace

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China kills nine messaging apps for peddling pornography as internet crackdown gathers pace.

China’s cyber watchdog has shut down nine instant messaging apps for spreading pornographic information or facilitating prostitution, as part of an ongoing effort to clean up the country’s cyberspace.

The nine messaging tools affected in the first batch of clean-up are lesser known services including Inbilin, Liaoliao, and Metalk. Inbilin, developed by Guangzhou Bilin Online Information and Technology, was a voice messaging and live streaming app that allowed users to connect with random strangers. The company claimed it had 30 million users by 2014, according to an archived version of its website, which is now inaccessible.

Source: Tech Daily Report (techdailyreport.net)

 

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