China: Investigation into APPs over their compliance with online users' rights and interests
Progress
Current status
in force
13 Oct 2022 in force
Scope
Implementers
China
Policy Area
Other operating conditions
Policy Instrument
User/subject right
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: other software
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Published list of APPs that infringe users' rights and interests in China
On 13 October 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China published a list of 24 companies with a total of 38 APPs that are unlawfully pushing pop-up information and issuing excessive requests for permissions. The review of th…
SourceEvent type
investigation
Action type
ruling
Government branch
executive
Government body
central government