You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 494

"Ah? Cyberspace Administration of China?!" Wang Wei was stunned when he heard this word.

Why did the Cyberspace Administration of China get alarmed?

The full name of the Cyberspace Administration of China is the State Internet Information Office. Although it is called an office, it still has a national department in front of it and its level is quite high.

"I, I, I didn't do anything?" Wang Wei stuttered.

Cao Guowei said with a gloomy face: "Someone from above will come to talk to you directly. You should figure out how to explain it yourself!"

When he was interviewed for the first time, Wang Wei felt uneasy and a little confused for a moment.

Cao Guowei was furious at this time and scolded: "How come you turned a good social platform into a place full of illegal information? Can you still do this? If not, resign and get out!"

Hearing this, Wang Wei was horrified and aggrieved, and argued: "Boss Cao, those were posted by the users themselves. It has nothing to do with me... with our company."

"We are just a platform. We cannot decide what users post."

What do you mean I did it? I don’t have that ability. Those were all done by users on their own initiative.

Besides, which Internet company’s products don’t contain illegal, pornographic, or vulgar information? There are plenty of them on portal websites.

The only thing the blogger did was a little too explicit and posted too much content, so why did they come to talk to us?

Besides, Mr. Cao, you also acquiesced to it before...

But he couldn't say this. Wang Wei knew that he had to take the blame. He couldn't just put it on Cao Guowei, because that would be hopeless.

"The higher-ups said we didn't supervise properly." Cao Guowei snorted, "The platform has the responsibility to supervise, and we can't just say we didn't know and get away with it."

"The existence of illegal information is one thing, and whether the platform has taken measures is another. You should correct your attitude first."

“I…” Wang Wei hesitated and suddenly said with a bitter face, “Boss Cao, there are bad people among the users. In order to attract attention and traffic, they frantically post all kinds of pornographic and violent information, which has made the atmosphere of the entire platform worse…”

"We will immediately clean up, ban a number of illegal accounts, and actively correct them..."

As he was talking, Wang Wei suddenly had an idea. He looked up at Cao Guowei and asked tentatively, "We have violated the rules. What about Weibo?"

"How should I know?" Cao Guowei said unhappily, "Hurry up and take care of it for me!"

After saying that, Cao Guowei turned away, leaving Wang Wei alone standing there in a daze. It took him a long time to come back to his senses.

Wang Wei turned around and angrily vented his anger on his employees, scolding the product manager.

"What do you do? You just watch users post illegal information?"

"Don't you have any brains? What's the point of the company keeping you?"

"Hurry up and block those accounts for me."

The product managers were all very depressed and complained in their hearts, "We have advised you many times, it was you who wanted KPIs, traffic and data, and everything else can be put aside."

Now that something has happened, you want us to take the blame. How shameless!
After being scolded, the work still had to be done, so the product manager asked tentatively: "Which accounts are banned? Can Mr. Wang give a specific standard?"

Wang Wei was startled, then waved his hand, "Block them all first. Anyone who posts pornographic pictures or even touches the borderline will have their account banned first!"

Boji acted quickly and began to ban accounts in large numbers.

They originally thought that this job was not difficult, but when the product manager started to block accounts, they were horrified to find that things were much more difficult than they had imagined.

"Mr. Wang, there are too many accounts. We have already blocked more than 10,000 accounts." The product manager was a little overwhelmed. "We still can't block them all. It seems that there are 70,000 or 80,000 accounts with problems."

"Then send more staff, open up administrator privileges, and block them all first." Wang Wei was also very annoyed.

It’s indeed a bit too much to have so many accounts on one platform posting erotic pictures.

Another product manager rushed over and said, "Mr. Wang, those foreign Internet celebrity companies are questioning why we blocked their accounts. How should we respond?"

"How do you say I should respond?" Wang Wei was already on the verge of a rage. "Do I need to teach you this?"

“The internet celebrity company said we violated the contract terms and they are going to sue us!” The product manager looked embarrassed.

“Fuck!” Wang Wei shouted angrily, “Tell the foreigners over there that they were the ones who broke the law first. We have the power to block their accounts. We are the platform and have the final say!”

“But they said they would send a lawyer’s letter and file a lawsuit.”

"That's something the Legal Department should worry about. Just do your own thing first." Wang Wei roared, "Don't bother me with this kind of shit. Can you do it? If not, get out of here!"

The product manager left in disgrace, and Wang Wei felt very upset.

But bad news continued to come one after another, and he was soon called before Cao Guowei again.

Cao Guowei looked at the other party expressionlessly and said coldly: "Now I'm here to inform you that the Boji platform will be closed for three days for self-examination and self-correction."

"Ah?" Wang Wei was stunned. "Closed for three days? Why?"

"Who should I ask? This is a request from above. You can decide for yourself." Cao Guowei said coldly, "If you want to hold someone accountable, you should think about the consequences yourself."

"Boss Cao... this, this." Wang Wei was completely dumbfounded. "If Boji is closed for three days, all the users will be lost. The company must think of a solution. We can't just sit there and wait for death."

"Don't worry about the users." Cao Guowei snorted coldly, "This time, all social platforms such as Weibo will be closed for three days for rectification and self-examination."

When Wang Wei heard this, he was immediately delighted. It turned out that everyone had the same problem. That was great.

If everyone has problems, then there are no problems. The final solution is to raise the board high and then lower it gently, impose a fine and criticize, and then reopen after rectification.

As long as we can get through this period, whatever happens will be fine.

Wang Wei became optimistic, but Cao Guowei couldn't be happy at all.

His pattern and vision were much higher than Wang Wei's, and he keenly sensed the coming of a big storm.

I'm afraid this matter won't be let go so easily.

……

"We will take positive actions and strictly monitor illegal information on the platform. Any accounts found involved will be severely dealt with and will not be tolerated!" Qin Shaoyan said passionately.

"Weibo has established a comprehensive regulatory review mechanism, using AI big data and manual review to screen content layer by layer, and try to ensure that harmful information is blocked in the background."

The huge conference room was completely silent, with only the sound of Qin Shaoyan's speech echoing. The meeting was convened by the leaders of the Cyberspace Administration of China and the Ministry of Information Industry, and the heads of social platforms such as Weibo gathered together, a total of 50 to 60 people.

Although there were many people, most of them looked unhappy and seemed particularly solemn and uneasy.

Although there are many platforms, there are only two real main players.

One is Weibo, and the other is Sina's "Bo Ji".

"Bo Ji" was led by Wang Wei, general manager of the project department, to conduct the review, while the standards on Weibo were much higher. Qin Shaoyan was present in person and started speaking with a PPT in hand.

The lecture lasted half an hour. He first made self-criticism, then put forward rectification plans and programs, and finally advocated the establishment of an industry committee for joint supervision and common progress.

With attitude, vision and plan, the leaders were very satisfied and their mood improved.

Previously, the Weibo war was in full swing. Leaders were happy to see healthy competition, but soon the style of this competition became wrong.

Starting from Sina's "Bo Ji", a large amount of YHSQ information appeared explosively and finally spread rapidly. Other small platforms followed suit in order to attract traffic, and some even directly stole pictures from "Bo Ji".

A large number of those borderline, revealing, and erotic pictures have been forwarded to other platforms, such as Tianya, Mop, and Baidu Tieba. You can see hot photos by just opening any post.

Moreover, these photos are watermarked, so people can easily find them on the "Bo Ji" platform.

"Bo Ji" attracted too much traffic with this gray and black information, and the data grew explosively.

This is no longer a problem limited to the "BoJi" platform or the entire Weibo platform, but a major event that has spread to the entire Internet.

The newly established Cyberspace Administration of China took direct action on this matter and prepared to make a typical case, so all companies on Weibo-type platforms were called in for face-to-face talks.

The leaders of the Ministry of Information Industry are very familiar with Qin Shaoyan, because in the Internet company, he has the most upright and positive attitude.

Moreover, when he was working on the campus network and Qvod, Qin Shaoyan had already established an audit mechanism, which can be said to be unique in the Internet industry, so the leaders were deeply impressed by him.

The leaders of the Ministry of Information and the Cyberspace Administration of China had an exchange of views and praised Qin Shaoyan's supervision and review mechanism.

The leaders of the Cyberspace Administration of China were also very interested after listening to it, especially when they heard that Qin Shaoyan had also developed an AI big data audit, which is a cutting-edge technology.

So the leader of the Cyberspace Administration of China called on Qin Shaoyan and asked him to talk more in detail about AI big data review.

Qin Shaoyan smiled shyly, "We have only achieved a small success, which cannot be called cutting-edge technology. We rely on AI image recognition, which can quickly screen, and then add a lot of manual review to assist, to establish a strict review and supervision system."

"Since the leader asked me to say a few words, I'll just talk about my own experience. The first one..."

Wang Wei was disheartened at this time. He had realized that something was not right, but he couldn't help but have some fantasies in his heart. He hoped that the leaders would show some mercy and not make things too ugly.

As for what Qin Shaoyan was saying on the stage, he was not interested at all, and even felt a little contemptuous.

Why are you pretending in front of your boss? You are not a gentleman. Who are you acting for?
Look at your face, you look worried about the industry. If it weren't for you, would things have turned out like this?

But Qin Shaoyan is really good at speaking. He actually livened up the depressing atmosphere of the meeting.

Wang Wei was in a daze when he suddenly heard his leader call out Sina's "Blogger". He was startled and came back to his senses.

After he finished his self-criticism dryly, the originally relaxed atmosphere became oppressive again because the leaders' faces became tense again.

The original review was well written, and someone was specially asked to polish it, and the words were also carefully considered.

But... compared with Qin Shaoyan's PPT, the review by "Bo Ji" seemed much more perfunctory.

These are all empty words, what are the specific measures?

Look at their Weibo, it uses AI, big data, and a large amount of manual review assistance.

They have cutting-edge technology and a large number of jobs. They have both the face and the money. What do you have?
The leader of the Cyberspace Administration of China turned his attention to Qin Shaoyan again and began to ask, "How does your review position work? Can you tell me in detail?"

Qin Shaoyan immediately said, "That's right. Although we are an Internet company, the technical and educational requirements for auditing are not high. We have recruited a large number of laid-off workers, and they can be competent after training."

"In addition, we have opened a large number of part-time audit positions. You don't need to work in the company. As long as you have a computer and Internet, you can work remotely at home. Our next step is to set up some auxiliary audit branches across the country..."

"At the same time, we have invested heavily in the development of online translation functions, which allows users to communicate with foreigners in text without barriers."

The leaders of the Cyberspace Administration of China and the Ministry of Information Industry exchanged views and made a decision.

All Weibo-like platforms should be closed for three days for self-inspection and rectification. At the same time, a complete regulatory and auditing system should be established. You can learn from Weibo’s system.

Sina's "Bo Ji" was fined and severely criticized for its failure to fulfill its regulatory responsibilities, and was ordered to correct the problems within a specified period of time to see the results.

Finally, a warning was given to Sina's "blog reporters" to manage foreign internet celebrity accounts more strictly.

Adhering to the principle of "punishing past mistakes to prevent future ones and curing illness to save people", leaders allow everyone a chance to correct their mistakes, but this opportunity only comes once and must be seized.

Wang Wei left with a heavy heart, and returned to Sina to inform Cao Guowei and Wang Yan of the results of the handling.

The two men did not look relaxed after hearing this. The punishment was expected, but it did not mean that the matter was over.

In the future, he will inevitably be scolded by the media and public opinion for a few days, and it is very likely that he will be on the news broadcast and be criticized by name.

Wang Yan needs to consider the subsequent impact of this incident, whether it will cause fluctuations in the stock price, and how the board of directors will explain it.

Cao Guowei is worried about the follow-up of the "Bo Ji" platform, whether there will be more severe punishments, whether users will be lost after rectification, and how the data can be restored to its previous level.

As for Wang Wei, he has been ordered to suspend his duties and reflect on his actions, and another person in charge will take over and carry out the rectification.

The person in charge is Ms. Belinda, an outstanding talent poached from Sentinel Technologies. It is not clear whether this outstanding talent is competent for the job, but her PPT is very impressive.

Belinda accepted the order and immediately started to act swiftly. She announced that the entire "Bo Ji" project team would not go off work for three days, everyone would live and eat in the company, and all illegal accounts would be frozen.

All content of the violating accounts will be cleared, and it is better to kill the wrong ones than to let them go.

Three days later, the "Bo Ji" opened again, feeling much fresher.

Impatient users flocked to the platform, causing an uproar.

What about those female Bodhisattvas?

What about those accounts that give out benefits every day?
How come they are all gone?

What else would I watch without these?

(End of this chapter)