China orders Tencent to clean up pornography on WeChat

  • Chinese authorities met with Tencent on October 26, ordered the company to clean up the content and shut down offending accounts

The icon for the Tencent Holdings Ltd. WeChat messaging application. Photo: Bloomberg

Chinese authorities summoned Tencent Holdings on Friday, ordering the WeChat operator to clean up pornographic content on its accounts.

The distribution of pornographic novels and lowbrow content on WeChat’s official accounts has worsened and Tencent was ordered to remove questionable content and shut down serious offenders, according to a statement by the The Office of Combating Pornography and Illegal Publications on its website.

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