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HONG KONG: China removed 105 apps, including that of the American travel company TripAdvisor, from the country’s app stores, as part of a new campaign to clean up app stores that it considers to spread content related to pornography, the prostitution, gambling and violence.
The China Cyberspace Administration said in a statement on its website on Tuesday (December 8) that the apps violated one or more of the three cyber laws, without providing details for each app.
Calls from Reuters to TripAdvisor’s Beijing office seeking comment went unanswered.
The authority said it started the campaign on November 5 in response to strong reaction from the general public to content deemed offensive. He said it will continue to regulate apps and remove those that violate the law in a timely manner.
China largely regulates its cyberspace and penalties for transgressions are not uncommon, regardless of whether the app is operated by a domestic or foreign company.
