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.