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China cracks down on tech-driven content manipulation, traffic fraud

( January 7, 2025, 03:48 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: China's Internet regulators have targeted the misuse of new technologies and applications — such as bot accounts and AI tools — to manipulate accounts, fabricate topics, and commit traffic fraud, according to the Cyberspace Administration of China's annual review. They also targeted other issues like recruitment by Internet troll organizations, traffic boosting, and review manipulation. Since 2024, authorities have shut down more than 400 websites, urged key platforms to remove 4.82 million pieces of illegal content, and closed 2.39 million accounts and merchant stores, and 52,000 groups....

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