Company: ZHIHF
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001410578-25-000729
Chunk: 285

Company: Zhihu Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
Chunk 285
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2, the CAC promulgated the Provisions on the Administration of Account Names Information of Internet Users effective on August 1, 2022. Pursuant to these provisions, internet user account service platforms shall, among others, establish, improve, and strictly implement account name information management system, information content security system, and personal information protection system, along with an account name information dynamic check patrol system for the verification of identity information.

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Regulations Relating to Online Live Streaming Services
On November 4, 2016, the CAC issued the Administrative Regulations on Online Live Streaming Service, effective on December 1, 2016, pursuant to which, all online livestreaming service providers must take various measures during operation of live streaming services, including but not limited to: (i) establishment of platforms for reviewing live streaming content, conducting classification, and grading management according to the online live streaming content categories, user scale, and others, and adding tags to graphics, video, audio, or broadcast tag information for platforms; (ii) conducting verification on online live streaming users with valid identification information (e.g., authentic mobile phone numbers) and validating the registration of online live streaming publishers based on their identification documents (such as identity documents, business licenses, and organization code certificates); (iii) examining and verifying the authenticity of the identification information of online live streaming service publishers, classifying and filing such identification information records with the internet information offices at the provincial level where they are located and providing such information to applicable law enforcement departments upon legal request; (iv) entering into a service agreement with the users of online live streaming services of which the essential clauses should be under guidance of internet information offices at the provincial level, to clarify the rights and obligations of the parties and require them to comply with the laws, regulations, and platform conventions; and (v) establishment of a credit-rating system and a blacklist system, to provide management and services according to such credit rating, prohibiting the re-registration of accounts by online live streaming service users on the blacklist, and promptly reporting such users to the internet information offices.
According to the Administrative Regulations on Online Live Streaming Services, online live streaming service providers and online live streaming publishers that provide internet news information services without licenses, or exceed the scope of their licenses, shall be subject to punishment by the CAC and its provincial counterparts which may include an order to cease such services and a fine of RMB10,000 to RMB30,000. Other violations of the Administrative Regulations on Online Live Streaming Services