The Consumer Association filed a consumer civil public interest lawsuit against Simba; Wahaha prepared more than 600 million bonuses for employees

Editor's note: Whiplash will take stock of the important events that occurred today in the form of evening newspapers, covering the international and domestic science and technology Internet, and delivering industry information to practitioners and users in the technology industry.

—— Domestic Developments ——

1. Ant Wealth's "Golden Selection Investment Advisory" was stopped, or because it did not have fund evaluation qualifications

According to the Securities Times, after only 9 days of operation, the "Golden Selection Investment Advisory" launched by Ant Wealth and 6 institutions was suddenly stopped. As for the reasons for the downline of "Golden Selection Investment Advisor", a fund company compliance department revealed that there are two main reasons: First, Ant Wealth does not have fund evaluation qualifications, but "Golden Selection Investment Advisory" is a portfolio construction based on the "Alipay Golden Selection" fund pool, and the fund company has not completely independently selected the base and the whole market; second, the display page of "Golden Selection Investment Advisor" has obvious income expectations and does not meet regulatory regulations.

2. The Henan Provincial Consumer Association filed a consumer civil public interest lawsuit against Simba: more than 79.71 million yuan was refunded

The Henan Consumers Association today held a press briefing on the litigation situation in response to the "Simba Live Broadcast with Ready-to-Eat Bird's Nest Consumption Civil Public Interest Litigation Case". The appeal is: Beijing Kuaishou Technology Co., Ltd., Simba (Xin Youzhi), Guangzhou Rongyu Trading Co., Ltd., and Guangzhou Heyi E-commerce Co., Ltd. jointly bear the responsibility of refunding one and paying three, refunding the total sales price of the "Ming Zhi Bowl Flavor Instant Bird's Nest" product of RMB19,928,539,000, and imposing a punitive compensation totaling RMB59,785,617,000 at three times the total sales price, with a total refund amount of RMB79,714,156,000.

3. Canon China responds to the official suspension of production at the Zhuhai plant: plans to close part of its production line in Zhuhai

Recently, an announcement stamped with the official seal of Canon Zhuhai Co., Ltd. was circulated online, saying that it had decided to "terminate the company's production". Zhuhai High-tech Zone confirmed to a number of media that Canon Zhuhai, which has been developing in Zhuhai for 32 years, has stopped production and is currently discussing disposal plans with employees. In response, Canon China responded to the interface news reporter that Canon plans to close part of the production line in Zhuhai, which mainly produces digital camera products.

4. Watsons responded to the anchor's insult to consumers like "mad dogs": did not receive the notice, suspected to be malicious propaganda

Yesterday, because the delivery was too slow, many consumers went to Watsons live broadcast room to express dissatisfaction, when consumers asked when the mask could be picked up, they were insulted by the anchor and blocked by the backstage staff. During the live broadcast, the Watsons anchor directly called out in the live broadcast room that "just for a penny thing, bite like a mad dog", "kick you are happy" and "deserve it". It is reported that Watsons launched a mask promotion on the Meituan platform in the early morning of January 11, and consumers can buy a box of SNP or Jasmine Belis masks for 1 cent. As of today, there are still many consumers who have not mentioned the goods in the Watson store, and then the headquarters asks the consumer for a refund. Watsons response: The mask can not be picked up because of the system abnormality, it is recommended to cancel the order. I didn't receive a scolding notice from the live broadcast room, and I suspected that someone was maliciously promoting it.

5. Sam's Club APP defaults to five-star praise and is fined 300,000 yuan, involving unfair competition

According to China Consumer Daily, recently, the Guangdong Provincial Market Supervision Bureau issued a guiding case on anti-unfair competition law enforcement, and there is a phenomenon that consumers have not taken the initiative to evaluate the default five-star praise for the online sales of goods sold online by Wal-Mart's Sam's Club APP. This behavior has made false commercial publicity about the user evaluation of the product, deceiving and misleading consumers. The EAA pointed out that Sam's Club's behavior violated the provisions of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law, and according to the relevant provisions of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law, the law enforcement authorities ordered it to stop the illegal behavior and imposed a fine of 300,000 yuan.

6. The capital increase plan of Ant Consumption Gold has changed, and China Cinda intends to abandon the subscription

China Cinda issued an announcement saying that after further commercial and prudent consideration, it intends not to participate in its new round of equity subscription after consultation with the target company, Chongqing Ant Consumer Finance Co., Ltd. In response, Ant Gold responded that it respects investors' business decisions. Under the guidance of the regulatory authorities, the company will actively consult with investors from all sides, continue to determine a new capital increase plan as soon as possible in accordance with the principle of marketization, and ensure that the rectification of consumer credit business is in place.

7. Shanghai Municipal Supervision Bureau: "Shanghai Blind Box Business Activity Compliance Guidelines" was released

Today, the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Market Supervision and Administration held a press briefing on the "Shanghai Blind Box Business Activity Compliance Guidelines" issued a few days ago. The Guidelines require that the actual value of the goods in the blind box should be basically equivalent to its selling price, and the price of a single blind box generally does not exceed 200 yuan. Blind box extraction rules. Blind box operators shall publicize information such as the type of goods, the rules for drawing boxes, the number of goods to be placed, and the probability of extraction of hidden funds, fully inform consumers, and retain complete records of probability settings, extraction results, and distribution for future reference. Encourage the establishment of a guarantee mechanism. In addition, the Guidelines also require blind box operators not to sell blind boxes to minors under the age of 8. The sale of blind box goods to minors over the age of 8 should confirm the consent of the guardian through different methods such as online and offline.

8, New Oriental was executed another 120,000

Recently, New Oriental Education Technology Group Co., Ltd. has added another piece of information on the person subject to enforcement, and the subject matter of enforcement is 126066 yuan, and the enforcement court is the Chaoyang District People's Court of Beijing Municipality. A few days ago, the company had added information on the person subject to enforcement, with an execution target of 138,510 yuan, and the enforcement court was also the Chaoyang District People's Court of Beijing Municipality.

9, Wahaha prepared more than 600 million bonuses for employees, Zong Qinghou: 13% more than last year

Wahaha Chairman Zong Qinghou was interviewed at the 2021 "Fengyun Zhejiang Businessmen" award ceremony. Zong Qinghou said that Wahaha's development in 2021 is OK, and more than 600 million bonuses have been prepared for employees, an increase of 13% over last year, and he also said that enterprises should give employees wages and solve housing problems on the road to common prosperity. For the experience after stepping down as general manager, Zong Qinghou admitted that it was much easier.

10. The judgment of the first single case in the country was pronounced, and Baidu was compensated 2.05 million yuan

Because the network company helped users create false click data and disrupt the sorting results by setting up advertising task release platforms, the plaintiff, Beijing Baidu Netnews Technology Co., Ltd. (Baidu), sued the defendant Shenzhen I Love Network Technology Co., Ltd. (I Love Network) to the court, demanding that the defendant be ordered to eliminate the impact and compensate for economic losses and reasonable expenses totaling 5 million yuan. After trial, the Haidian court ruled in the first instance that I Love Network published the newspaper to eliminate the impact and compensate for economic losses of 2 million yuan and reasonable expenses of 50,000 yuan. This case is the first case in China involving an unfair competition dispute involving artificial brushing platform interfering with search engine algorithms.

11. Little Red Book's application for the old Red Book trademark was approved

Recently, Xiaohongshu Technology Co., Ltd. applied for the registration of the "Old Red Book" trademark successfully registered, the international classification of trademarks involving communication services, the registration announcement date is January 7, 2022. Previously, the enterprise investigation showed that the trademark of the old red book of scientific instruments applied for by Xiaohongshu Company was rejected.

12. Alipay App launched the "message brush", a key to clear the message reminder number

Alipay App recently quietly launched a "message brush" function, allowing users to mark all information as read in one click on the message interface, completely clearing the message reminder number, solving the problem of message interruption that exists in many Apps, and alleviating the red dot anxiety of many users.

—— International News ——

1, the news said that Tesla will be electric pickup truck Cyberteruck production time postponed to 2023

According to people familiar with the matter, Tesla plans to start producing the highly anticipated Cyberruck by the end of the first quarter of 2023. According to the original plan, this pickup truck will start production at the end of this year. People familiar with the matter said the delay was due to Tesla's adjustments to the functions and characteristics of the electric pickup truck to strengthen the product's appeal in this increasingly heating field. Tesla expects to produce a small number of Cyberrocks in the first quarter of 2023 before expanding production capacity. Tesla has not commented on this.

2. Korean media: Louis Vuitton may withdraw from the Korean duty-free market before October

Louis Vuitton ( LV ) , the world's largest luxury group , LvMH , plans to withdraw from the market for duty-free shops in South Korea , and the brand 's store at Lotte Duty Free 's Jeju branch closed on January 1. According to the Seoul Economy, due to the decrease in customer spending after the new crown epidemic and the excessive dependence of duty-free shops on daigou, Louis Vuitton believes that this will have a negative impact on the brand image and is contrary to the high-end market business strategy formulated by the group, so it decided to close the store.

3. The developers of the PUBG game sued Apple and Google for infringing the sale of "copycat" apps

PUBG game developer Krafton took Apple, Google and game company Garena to court, accusing the apps of plagiarizing PUBG gameplay. The lawsuit accuses Garena of creating PUBG clones, Free Fire and Free Fire Max, which originally originated in Singapore and were later released in the United States. Apple and Google have been sued for selling a "blatantly infringing version" of PUBG created by Garena. Apple and Google are accused of distributing hundreds of millions of Copies of the Free Fire app, earning "hundreds of millions of dollars" for Garena and "substantial revenue" for Apple and Google.

4) Facebook has been accused of abusing its dominant market position, facing more than £2.3 billion in class actions in the UK

According to Reuters, social media giant Facebook ( which has been renamed Meta Platforms ) faces more than £2.3 billion ($3.2 billion) in the UK for allegedly abusing its dominant market position by exploiting the personal data of 44 million users.

5, Google spent $1 billion to buy a London office building: bet on the resumption of work offline

Google's announcement that it will spend $1 billion on its office building near Court Road in London's Tottenham suggests it is making a big bet on resuming offline work. If you add offices elsewhere in the UK, the deal would allow Google to accommodate 10,000 employees in the country. Google currently has 6,400 employees in the UK, but the company has said it has added nearly 700 jobs in the past year and now has 165 open jobs.