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All the services provided on Fenda's website, official WeChat account and app have been unavailable since August 10. A statement the company sent to the Global Times on Wednesday says they are "upgrading" their products but they did not explain why this has taken so long or when this "upgrading" process will be completed.

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Fenda allows users to ask questions to celebrities and professionals, for a price ranging from 1 yuan ($0.15) to 20,000 yuan. The answer is delivered in a voice message no longer than 60 seconds.

Around 330,000 professionals and celebrities, including property tycoon Ren Zhiqiang and actress Zhang Ziyi, have answered questions on the platform. Fenda says it has attracted more than 10 million users [url=http://www.cheapsoccerjerseysjuventus.com/federico-bernardeschi-jersey/]Cheap Federico Bernardeschi Jersey[/url] , including 1 million paying users as of July since launching on May 5.

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A Douyu host live-streamed himself having sex with a woman in January, causing quite a stir throughout the industry. Another host who works as a driver also live-streamed his conversation with several airline stewardess without their knowledge, and the size of his audience soared from 30,000 to 180,000 when the conversations were aired, the Legal Daily reported on August 12.

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He explained that though current technology can identify key information in voice messages and pictures, it's almost impossible to fully supervise all the platforms and their content.

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Though the unpredictability of the content of new online models makes supervision difficult, the increasing traceability of people's online presence is making the crackdown on illegal information more efficient, said Wang.

China has launched a credit system for both Internet users and companies in many cities including Beijing to record wrongdoing, which can lead to companies losing their business license and users having their accounts shut down, Zhu noted.

Zhu said that a real-name system has been implemented by many platforms.

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Separately, the Ministry of Culture issued a guideline in April stipulating that live-streaming performers will now be held accountable for any content that is deemed inappropriate, and serious violators will be blacklisted nationwide.

The guidelines also require live-streaming websites to employ supervisors to monitor online performances and cut off broadcasts if they feature prohibited activities.

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