Company: FENG
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0000950170-25-055759
Chunk: 65

Company: Phoenix New Media Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
Chunk 65
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, the CAC promulgated theAdministrative Provisions on Internet Follow-up Comment Services, which became effective on October 1, 2017 and were re-issued on December 15, 2022, pursuant to which Internet follow-up comment services refers to the services of publishing transcripts, symbols, expressions, pictures, audio and video and other information offered by Internet websites, applications and other platforms with public opinion attribute or social mobilization capability by way of comment, reply, message, bullet screen and using other means. The Internet follow-up comment service providers shall strictly assume the primary responsibilities and discharge the obligations according to the law, including, among other things:

• verify the real identity information of registered users following the principle of using real name at background and volunteering to do so at foreground and forbid the provision of Internet follow-up comment services for users whose real identity information is not verified or who fraudulently use the identity information of organizations or others;

• establish and improve a user information protection system;

• establish a system of reviewing at first and then publishing comments if the service providers offer Internet follow-up comment services to news information;

• establish and improve an Internet follow-up comment review and administration, real-time check, emergency response and other information security administration systems, timely identify and process illegal and negative information and submit a report to the relevant competent authorities;

• develop Internet follow-up comment information protection and administration technologies, timely identify security flaws and loopholes and other risks existing in Internet follow-up comment services, take remedial measures and submit a report to the relevant competent authorities; and

• build a reviewing and editing team in line with service scale and improve the professionalism of editors.

In addition, on August 25, 2017, the CAC promulgated theAdministrative Provisions on Internet Forum and Community Services, which became effective on October 1, 2017, pursuant to which the Internet forum and community service providers shall assume the primary responsibility for establishing and improving the information check and verification, public information real-time check, emergency response and personal information protection and other information security administration systems, institute

safe and controllable preventative measures, employ professionals in line with their service scale, and provide necessary technical support for the relevant departments in performing duties according to the law. The Internet forum and community service providers shall not use Internet forum and community services to publish or disseminate information banned by laws, regulations and the relevant provisions of the state. Where the Internet forum and community service providers identify any aforementioned information, they shall cease the transmission of such