Shanghai: China slumped on what was described as a cultural fan of celebrity “chaotic” on Friday, platform restrictions from publishing a list of popularity and managing fan-goods sales after a series of scandals involving artists.
The country’s top internet watchdog said it would take action on the spread of “harmful information” in the celebrity fan group and closed the discussion channel that spread celebrity scandals or “provoking problems”.
The platform will no longer publish a list of popular celebrity individuals and groups of fans must be arranged, said Watchdog.
Internet regulators also restricted the exhibition varieties from charging fans to choose their favorite actions in the online competition program and have urged opposing interesting netizens to buy celebrity merchandise.
Regulators throughout the country need to “increase sense of responsibility, mission and urgency to maintain political and ideological security online,” said the Chinese Maya (CAC) administration in a statement.
China has strict rules on content ranging from video games to films to music, and any sensors are trusted to violate socialist core values.
The crackdown on the culture of celebrity fans also came in the midst of a broader regulatory campaign against the country’s internet giants.
Celebrity Misbehavouroline Celebrity Fan Clubs has become a widespread phenomenon in China with the growth of the country’s entertainment industry, with actors and singers gathering a fan base with millions of supporters.
The local paper newspaper has projected that the “idol economy” of the country can be worth 140 billion yuan ($ 21.59 billion) in 2022.
But they have also been criticized because of their influence on minors and to cause social interference, as Competing fan clubs have been seen to trade verbal harassment with each other online or spend a large amount of money to choose their favorite stars on the Idol competition program.
Canada-China pop star Kris Wu, who last month was detained by Beijing police about suspicion of sexual violence, seeing fissery groups coming to his defense on social media.
Most of these fan accounts, along with Wu’s online account, then closed.
Netflix China equivalent, Iqiyi, was also criticized earlier this year after a fan of one of the talent shows was filmed to throw milk in their efforts to qualify.
On Thursday Iqiyi said it would no longer broadcast a show of idol competitions.
The Chinese authority has also targeted domestic celebrity behavior after a number of controversies.
In January, Chinese actress Zheng Shuang began in the controversy surrorality and he was then examined for avoiding taxes.
On Friday, the Shanghai Tax Authority said they had decided to make it happen 299 million yuan for tax evasion.
At the end of last month, the government media reported that 64 Chinese stars including the most famous names in the country such as Zhang Yishan and Rayzha Alimjan attended the government regulated courses where they were taught the history of the Communist Party and about their responsibilities as a public figure.