Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) launched a special rectification action for the Internet industry
According to the website of the Ministry of Industry and
Information Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, on
the basis of the preliminary app special rectification, further sorted out the
hot and difficult issues of high social concern, wide influence, and strong
public feedback in the Internet industry, and decided to launch a special
rectification action for the Internet industry.
News on July 26 According to the website of the Ministry of
Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information
Technology, based on the previous app special rectification, further sorted out
the hot and difficult issues of high social concern, wide influence, and strong
public feedback in the Internet industry, and decided to launch a special
Internet industry project. The rectification action aims to guide the formation
of an open, interoperable, safe and orderly market environment, and promote the
standardized, healthy and high-quality development of the industry.
The special rectification action focused on eight types of
issues in four aspects, including disrupting market order, infringing on user
rights, threats to data security, and violating resource and qualification
management regulations, involving 22 specific scenarios. In terms of disrupting
market order, focus on rectifying issues such as malicious blocking of website
links and interference with the operation of other companies’ products or
services, including scenarios such as restricting normal access to other
website links without justifiable reasons and implementing discriminatory blocking
measures; in terms of infringement of user rights Fix application software
launching pop-up windows that deceive and mislead users and force the provision
of personalized services, including scenarios where the entire screen of the
pop-up window is a jump link, and false close buttons are provided during
directional push; in terms of threats to data security, focus on rectifying the
data collection of enterprises Failing to take necessary management and
technical measures as required in the links of, transmission, storage, and
external provision, including scenarios where sensitive information was not
encrypted during data transmission, and user consent was not obtained before
providing data to a third party; in case of illegal resources In terms of
qualification management regulations, the focus is on rectifying problems such
as "black broadband" and failure to perform website filing
procedures, including scenarios such as subletting or using illegal network
access resources, and failing to update filing information in a timely manner.
On July 23, 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Information
Technology held a special rectification action for the Internet industry to
mobilize and deploy a video and telephone conference, and officially launched a
six-month special rectification action. Liu Liehong, member of the Party
Leadership Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information
Technology, attended the meeting and made a mobilization speech. Chief Engineer
Han Xia attended the meeting. In the next step, the special rectification
action will consolidate the main responsibility of the enterprise, strengthen
the coordination and linkage, strengthen the integrity and self-discipline, and
do a good job of publicity and guidance by organizing enterprises to conduct
self-inspection and rectification, collecting inspection clues, establishing
problem accounts, and strengthening law enforcement accountability. Form a
long-term mechanism to ensure results and effectively increase the people's sense
of gain.