Ministry of Industry and Information Technology： Resolutely and severely investigate and punish violations in the field of information and communication

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 16 (Reporter Gao Kang, Zhang Xinxin) According to the information released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on the 16th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will severely investigate and deal with a group of apps and enterprises that have recently been exposed by the media for collecting personal information through harassing calls, and order the basic telecommunications enterprises to immediately shut down the voice lines of these illegal enterprises to make harassing calls, stop the transparent transmission of illegal numbers, and strengthen the standardized management of communication resources.

It is understood that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will check and deal with call center enterprises such as Yige Technology, Yilong Core, Secondy Technology and Lingwo Network, which are involved in violations. At the same time, the linkage disposal mechanism of Application stores was launched, requiring Tencent, Baidu, Huawei, Xiaomi, 360 and other major domestic Application stores to completely remove the "Social Security Pocket Pass" app, and check and deal with Hangzhou Dijin Network Technology Co., Ltd., the main body responsible for the "Social Security Pocket Pass" mobile app, and fully organize the investigation and testing of similar apps, and request rectification for similar problems.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, together with relevant departments, will continue to promote the special campaign to comprehensively rectify harassing calls and strengthen the source management, aiming at jointly cutting off the interest chain of harassing calls and creating a good communication environment. We will continue to strengthen the protection of personal information of telecommunications and Internet users, severely investigate and deal with enterprises involved in accordance with laws and regulations, and include enterprises that violate the rules in the list of bad telecommunications business operations.