China Fines Alibaba's Quark, Suspends NetEase CC Over Vulgar Content

Alibaba's Quark platform faces a penalty of 0.5 million yuan, while NetEase Inc.'s livestream platform must halt certain dance content broadcasts for a week, marking China's latest move to regulate online content.

• China's cyberspace regulator has fined Alibaba Group's Quark platform 0.5 million yuan ($68,342.42) for hosting and promoting vulgar content.
• The regulator has also ordered NetEase Inc's livestream platform, NetEase CC, to halt the broadcast of certain types of dance content for one week due to vulgarity.
• This is not the first time Alibaba Group has faced regulatory penalties in China. The conglomerate was fined a record 18 billion yuan in 2021 for antitrust violations.
• Quark is reported to have responded to the latest penalties by banning the relevant illegal content from its platform.
• Quark has established a special working group to upgrade the identification capabilities and processing speed of harmful information, and has actively carried out special rectification actions.

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