Wechat public platform: further standardize the official account's illegal promotion of feudal and superstitious content
CTOnews.com Sept. 22 news, today, Wechat public platform released "norms on official accounts illegally promoting feudal superstitious content," saying that some operators used to provide a variety of feudal superstitious prediction services as a gimmick, through coaxing, threats and other means to illegally collect users' privacy information or defraud users of money.
Wechat public platform said that such behavior can easily mislead users, resulting in property loss or leakage of personal information. Therefore, the platform now further regulates such behavior.
The operating Code of Wechat Public platform points out that the promotion of feudal superstition includes the provision of services with feudal and superstitious colors, such as fortune telling, ghost marriage, photo reading, naming, academic divination, fortune prediction and so on. Sell and transfer disaster relief goods or provide other paid items, or improperly collect users' personal information or private information Including but not limited to: name, zodiac character, palm, face, ID card, mobile phone number, etc.
At the same time, Wechat public platform published examples of official accounts illegally promoting feudal and superstitious content:
In order to provide fortune-telling, ghost marriage, photo reading, naming, academic divination, fortune prediction and other services, collect users' personal privacy information, including but not limited to: name, zodiac character, palm, face, ID card, mobile phone number and so on.
To provide fortune-telling, ghost marriage, photo reading, naming, academic divination, fortune prediction and other services as a gimmick to sell a variety of transport disaster relief products or provide paid advice.
CTOnews.com learned that Wechat Public platform said that if found, the account will be deleted, limited, blocked and other penalties according to the degree of violation.
