An affiliate of China's ruling Communist Party has called for a ban on child news anchors on live streaming platforms following allegations that minors are being used to spread vulgar and pornographic content.
A regulation banning minors from acting as news anchors on live streaming platforms and protection on their use of the internet need to be issued, according to a proposal submitted by the All-China Youth Federation (ACYF) to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), a national advisory body which is currently holding its annual session here.
The ACYF, which represents many youth groups in the Communist Party of China (CPC), including the influential Communist Youth League of China, said its proposal was aimed at protecting minors from illegal content, the official media here reported.
The draft of the regulation is needed since some live streaming platforms provide vulgar and pornographic information, which affects the values of minors, violates their privacy and causes financial losses due to "irrational" rewards to the network anchors, The Beijing News quoted members of the National Committee of ACYF as saying.
Commenting on the proposal Wang Sixin, a media law professor at the Communication University of China in Beijing, said "the ability for minors to control their language is weak."