Cover up! Chinese female live-stream performers banned from wearing skimpy clothes
- Hubei province lays down rules for internet phenomenon as sexy costumes, see-through dresses and other revealing attire take it over the top
A Chinese province has become the first to ban female hosts from wearing revealing clothes as part of new guidelines for live-streaming broadcasts.
The provincial government in Hubei banned live stream broadcasters from wearing sexy costumes, lingerie, see-through dresses, skin-colour body tights or any clothes that are too revealing, state news agency Xinhua reported.
“The law may be too vague, but our standards are more detailed in terms of what to wear from bottom to top,” Xie Qiuqi, head of Gaoxin branch of the Hubei Standardisation and Quality Institution, told Hubei TV.
“Clothes showing the national flag and emblem and other unlawful content are also banned,” he said.
Under the new rules, minors are required to provide live stream platforms with an identity card, the household registration of their guardians and a signed application form before going live online by themselves.
Live-streaming platforms should install an around-the-clock system for reporting abuses and a means of shutting down accounts or online posts within 90 seconds under the latest rules.