contentedness with even a hint of intimate proposition is not long for the internet in China — even ASMR videoshave been wiped from the nation ’s video cyclosis services . And on Friday , over two 12 audio appswere ban by China ’s central cyberspace governor .
The Cyberspace Administration of China ( CAC)announced in a noticelast week that 26 apps were either terminated , suspended , or ordered to better govern themselves after an investigating found they were spreading “ historical nihilism ” and “ lewd pornography ” as well as swearing .
The CAC characterized the audio industry broadly as “ chaotic ” and claimed that there was n’t appropriate oversight of these channels , which allowed minors to access their content as well as used “ algorithmic technology ” to push content to listeners that the agency deem as inappropriate .
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The CAC detail a phone number of ways in which these audio platform violated their banner , include but not determine to content imply illegal transactions , porn , data on prostitution , zombies , “ fag ghost ” , “ subculture ” , and “ color gods ” . The notice express that this case of data being circularize across audio platforms in the nation can “ have a bad influence on the healthy growth of untested people , ” among other concerns .
scrub up the internet of anything merely suggestive or dismissive of certain moral rule is equivalence for the course of study for internet regulator in China . China ’s anti - porn task force called for a crackdown on ASMR videos last twelvemonth . While some videos that fall into that niche sub - genre are definitely erotic , not all are inherently intimate . And Taiwanese authorities have alsoarrested hundreds of peoplefor their liaison with porn platform , of which thousands of such site have been shut down . It ’s hardly a surprise that the nation is also turn to content that , while lacking the more overtly suggestive visual constituent , still might transmit something immoral or ruttish .
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