Zhitong Financial APP learned that Tencent (00700) issued a statement on the adjustment of the "Wechat external link content management specification". Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has put forward special guidance on external chain management, the statement said. Wechat will implement the interconnection of "taking security as the bottom line". In order to ensure high-quality platform content and good user experience, we will follow the following principles of open chain as a whole:
1. Prevent violations of national laws and regulations
2. Prevent excessive access to user privacy and endanger network information security and data security.
3. Prevent excessive marketing, induced sharing and other behaviors that harm the interests of users.
4. Stick to Value for Users and give users more choices.
Based on the above principles, under the guidance of the regulatory authorities, the external chain management measures will be implemented in stages and steps, and the first phase will be implemented from September 17, including:
1. On the premise of ensuring information security, users can access external links in one-to-one chat scenarios after upgrading the latest version of Wechat.
2. Provide users with the right of independent choice. As the group link involves a large number of recipient users, we will continue to develop features to facilitate users' independent and personalized choice.
3. Set up the external chain complaint entrance, and the user can report the illegal and illegal external chain. The platform will be dealt with in accordance with the corresponding rules and establish a credit rating for the effectiveness of the management of the platform provided by the outer chain.
In accordance with the relevant legal requirements and approved by the regulatory authorities, we will take security as the bottom line to promote the "stage-by-stage, step-by-step" interconnection program. At the same time, Wechat will also actively cooperate with other Internet platforms to implement this guidance, explore the technical possibility of smooth use of Wechat services on other platforms, and achieve further interconnection.