TapTechNews August 5th news, the Douyin Security Center released the Announcement on Managing the 'Fan Circle' Illegal Contents During the Olympic Games today. The announcement said that in the recent Olympic Games, the platform found that under the influence of the trend outside the station, a small number of users still reposted relevant remarks to hype up athletes' 'CP' without bottom line, put down athletes and coaching team members, and even launched personal attacks on some athletes, and the platform has dealt with this seriously.
TapTechNews learned from the announcement that after the Chinese table tennis mixed doubles won the championship on the evening of July 30th, affected by the hot topic of hyping up athlete CP on external stations, there were appeals for athletes to 'officially announce' remarks and synthetic pictures of athletes' wedding photos on the platform. The platform dealt with about 900 videos and nearly 10,000 comments.
On July 31st, when some table tennis players didn't perform as expected in the game, a small number of netizens made remarks inappropriately comparing and putting down different athletes, and the platform dealt with improper comments of more than 4,000.
On the evening of August 3rd, during the women's singles table tennis final, there were irrational cheering situations on the field, and at the same time there were remarks on the platform that put down athletes and even attacked the coaching team, and even some users moved conspiracy theories from external stations to the platform to mislead other users. The platform dealt with improper comments of more than 12,000.
During the Olympic Games, the Douyin platform has cumulatively cleaned up more than 38,000 pieces of bad contents related to the 'sports fan circle', and dealt with 445 accounts according to the violation situation, from temporary suspension of speech to permanent suspension of speech. The platform reaffirms that it will continue to govern the following contents:
Invasion of privacy: To ensure the normal life, training and competition of athletes, the platform prohibits the exposure or dissemination of the private information of athletes and other competition-related personnel, including but not limited to personal life details, personal contact information, etc., and also prohibits the posting of content including illegal tracking ('private fans') of athletes.
Cyber violence, mutual tearing, abuse: It is prohibited to put down other athletes and coaches because the supported athletes and coaches are different, or to launch unprovoked attacks and abuse other athletes because the competition result is not favorable to the supported athletes.
Slandering and defaming: It is prohibited to post content that contains rumors and defamatory information, which invades the reputation rights of athletes.
Instigating opposition: It is prohibited to use the platform to instigate the opposition among the supporters of different athletes, and to prohibit guiding other users to participate in mutual tearing, abuse and opposition actions. It is prohibited to organize, incite and guide netizens to maliciously complain and report on athletes through various ways.
Cyber water army: It is prohibited to use the platform to organize actions such as buying hot searches, making charts, inflating the volume, controlling reviews, and buying water armies that disrupt the online public opinion order.
Irrational star-chasing: It is prohibited to induce and force other users, especially underage users, to非理性集资应援运动员(irrationally raise funds to support athletes), and it is prohibited to organize illegal offline gathering activities without approval.
The Douyin wrote in the announcement at the end: All the 'fan circle' behaviors such as putting d own, attacking, and 'obsessing with CP' are all deviations from the sports spirit. In the future, the platform will continue to do a good job in cracking down and dealing with the 'fan circle' phenomenon around key events.