Companies fail to realise that it is a problem for users, ministry says
People walk past a Tencent sign at the company headquarters in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China. Picture:REUTERS/DAVID KIRTON
The ministry of industry and information technology has summoned executives from the country’s online platforms to emphasise the need to stop shutting out each other’s services, ministry spokesperson Zhao Zhiguo told reporters in Beijing.Regulators have ordered the country’s tech companies to prise open their so-called walled gardens or closed ecosystems, as part of a campaign to curb their growing power.
Alibaba and Tencent executives have said they will comply, publicly espousing a more open Chinese internet. “Restricting access to web links without justification severely affects user experience, damages users’ rights and disrupts market order,” Zhao said at a news briefing.
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