One of China’s biggest tech start-ups has vowed to hire 4,000 new censors and respect “socialist values”, amid a growing crackdown on content that raises questions about a big push into entertainment among Chinese internet companies.
Zhang Yiming, founder of news aggregation app Toutiao, which was valued at $20bn in a funding round last year, apologised on Wednesday after China’s top media regulator ordered his company to close an account that posted humorous content on the grounds that it was “vulgar”.
Toutiao’s mobile app was removed from several online stores this week as an apparent punishment.
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