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Douyin fined over vulgar content
抖音因涉黄受行政处罚
Popular short-video platform Douyin has been fined for spreading vulgar and pornographic content, a central government watchdog announced on Friday.
扫黄打非办1月8日宣布，对热门短视频平台抖音传播低俗色情内容作出罚款处罚。
The move could be considered a sign that platforms are being urged to shoulder more responsibility to manage content, an expert said.
一位专家表示，此举可视为敦促平台承担更多内容管理责任的信号。
Douyin's punishment was made public by the National Office for the Fight Against Pornography and Illegal Publications, after investigations showed that some anchors on Douyin displayed behaviors such as flirting, sexual suggestiveness, smoking and using obscenities during webcasts, the office said in a release on its Weibo account. The probe also showed that the real-time comments, known as "bullet chat", in some livestreaming rooms of Douyin contained vulgar content.
全国“扫黄打非”办公室在其官方微博上发布消息称，该机构在调查后对抖音进行了公开处罚。经查，抖音平台中个别主播在直播中存在性挑逗、性暗示和抽烟、说脏话等行为，部分直播间评论弹幕存在低俗内容；
In addition, some individual anchors played or recommended unapproved games that include violent and threatening content, it said.
个别主播直播的游戏未经审批，且含有血腥、暴力、恐怖等内容。
Douyin was fined and ordered to correct its illegal behaviors, strengthen content management and block pornographic content.
“扫黄打非”办公室对抖音作出行政罚款的处罚，责令立即改正有关违法行为，并要求该公司加强内容管理，对色情内容的发布予以封禁。
But the office did not disclose the exact amount of the fine.
但“扫黄打非”办公室并未透露罚款的具体金额。
The office said that in 2020 it received more than 900 tips about pornographic and vulgar information on Douyin's platform.
2020年全国“扫黄打非”办公室共接到反映涉“抖音”平台传播色情低俗信息的举报线索900余条。
