Cn: Three more internet firms scrutinized amid rising data security concern

Li Qiaoyi and Zhang Hongpei report:

China’s cyberspace regulator on Monday put three more internet platforms under scrutiny, three days after it announced a review of cybersecurity into the country’s top ride-hailing platform Didi Chuxing, indicating the country’s resolve to clamp down on data breaches and misuse as part of a broader move to protect the digital economy from unchecked expansion of capital.

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China’s cybersecurity review office said Monday it was conducting reviews in accordance with relevant laws into job recruiting platform Boss Zhipin, and Yunmanman and Huochebang – two truck-booking platforms under the Full Truck Alliance, citing national data security risks.

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