Click on the home page of the mobile browser, the beautiful woman wearing black silk accompanied by the advertisement comes into view, accidentally click on the advertisement after the mobile phone suddenly has more software in the download, and quickly wants to exit the page and have one more advertisement... Mobile browsers have repeatedly attracted attention due to chaos. In November 2020, the Cyberspace Administration of China deployed a special campaign to carry out special rectification actions on issues such as "soft pornography" information on the Internet.
A few days ago, nandu reporters measured 11 mobile phone browsers and found that some of them still have soft pornography and edge balls, and the advertising pictures pushed by the browser are almost naked women. In addition, there are browsers that force download apps, ads that can't be turned off, and browsers that recommend medical ads that are suspected of violating the law.
Soft pornography
Diversion to paid dating apps through soft ads
In the special rectification action of the Cyberspace Administration of China in November 2020 to carry out problems such as online "soft pornography" information, the platforms, accounts and business entities that contain sexual innuendo and sexual provocation tendencies, especially through themes such as yoga, fitness, street photography, and Cosplay, focus on presenting various soft pornographic information such as hips, waists, backs and legs, as well as platforms, accounts and business entities that use such information to gain eyeballs and earn traffic. Subsequently, Tianjin, Shanghai, Hebei and other places have successively carried out centralized rectification of the "soft pornography" problem, focusing on platforms such as browsers.
A few days ago, Nandu reporters once again investigated and found that on multiple mobile browser platforms, soft pornography such as title parties and soft pornography edge balls still exist, draining the flow of pornographic comics, novels, live broadcasts, chat software and so on. Sometimes, soft pornography is also packaged as content in the fields of technology, finance, and so on.
Taking the Xuandong browser as an example, an advertisement titled "Huawei large-screen folding screen price is still high, 5G + Hongmeng + Kirin processor", the main content is "I choose technology Baijia number", but the picture is almost naked women. Click on the advertisement to jump to the download page of Bug Comics, "Massive undeleted comics to watch for free", the page is full of pornographic comics with the words "voyeurism" and other words in the title. There are also a number of browser push ads containing the same city "dating" software, the download page ming huang huang wrote "the same city quick appointment, only play real, real community, share girlfriend click to download about the cannon special App" and so on.
In this regard, the official response of Xuandong Browser to Nandu reporter said that the browser is only a developer who directly docks advertising content on the Huawei advertising platform such as the fast advertising platform, and does not do advertising review.
Nandu reporter saw in the actual test that multiple browsers use beautiful pictures with revealing clothes and associative titles to induce users to click. In the quick browser, the home page push has a vague title and a promotion of family ethics. UC Browser, on the other hand, uses some suspenseful "edge balls" to drain the novel software.
In this regard, Kuai used a browser to respond to the Nandu reporter, "We found that this situation does exist after self-examination, but it is indeed not common." The platform said it would push for a solution to such advertising issues.
In response to the recommended column "edge ball" advertisement that appeared in the actual test, on March 14, UC Browser told nandu reporter that all ads in the application software were reviewed by robots and manuals, and the ads on the novel page could not be turned off in order to increase the income of the author, and if they needed to close, they should recharge members. If the homepage pushes an advertisement that the user is not interested in, you can select the blocking function in the lower right corner of the advertisement, and there will be no ad flow within 7 days after blocking.
Ma Ce, the founder lawyer of Kenting Law Firm, analyzed to nandu reporters that the preset browser enjoys the preferential right of "no uninstallation" to a certain extent, and has a strong user cluster effect. At the same time, browsers are not like packaged apps, which are difficult to control and monitor through the continuous jumping of domain names and page updates, which also causes browsers to become hotbeds of soft pornography.
Force download the app
Text page jump ads Click to exit but the app will still be installed on your phone
In March 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held an administrative guidance meeting on the issue of some websites reported by netizens and the media that users were required to download apps when they browsed the page information. Relevant Internet enterprises are required not to automatically or force download apps without the user's consent or active selection when the user browses the content of the page. When it is recommended to download the App, it should provide obvious "cancel" options at the same time to effectively protect the user's right to know and choose.
In the Android terminal fast browser, Nandu reporter found that the browser home page push advertisement will appear "the version is too low, please update as soon as possible" prompt, at this time, whether you click the cancel button or the exit button in the upper right corner can not cancel the update, the mobile phone background will begin to download the corresponding App. In the process of browsing the homepage, if there is an advertisement for YY live broadcasting, even if you do not click the download button in the lower right corner, but click anywhere in the advertisement, you will start to download the App in the background.
In a random test of another well-known browser express version, Nandu reporter clicked on a web article, and within a few seconds, the text page automatically jumped to the Taote App advertising page, and automatically began to download and install the App.
After closing the page and returning, the web page automatically jumps to the eight-character measurement mini program interface, the interface will also pop up a short video platform advertisement, there is an obvious green close button below the pop-up window, but after clicking the close button, the interface automatically jumps to the App's advertising page and starts automatically downloading, even if you click exit at this time, the App will be automatically installed on the phone.
When the Nandu reporter tested again, he carefully observed and found that on the pop-up window advertisement that popped up on the interface of the eight-character measurement mini program, above the obvious green close button, there was a very small word "close" that almost integrated with the background color.
In response to the phenomenon of automatic jumping forced download of apps, the browser customer service responded to Nandu reporters that the system will have an automatic audit interception mechanism, "but it is possible that it itself has been approved, and the management of the website modifies the content themselves." This situation does not preclude information such as installing some code within the website. It said that in this case, users can click on the three points in the lower right corner of the corresponding link of the search page to report feedback, and the background confirms that there is an abnormality in this link and will do corresponding processing.
Subsequently, nandu reporters gave feedback on the URL and details of the link to the browser. Nandu reporter searched again and found that the webpage briefly disappeared in the search results page, and when it reappeared after the report, the link changed, and there was no continuous jump and automatic download after clicking.
Li Zhaoling, a lawyer at Beijing Yingke Law Firm, told Nandu reporters that it is a normal business practice to promote products, services or guide mobile phone users to consume in an appropriate way. However, push information is not unlimited, can not affect the user's normal use of the network, and should provide a quick way or way to refuse. If the necessary limits are exceeded, such as repeated prompts for download, repeated requests for forwarding, continuous prompts or jumps, affecting the normal use of the network by mobile phone users, or forcing mobile phone users to download, delete, install Apps, or obtain mobile phone users' information without authorization, seriously violating the wishes of mobile phone users and infringing on mobile phone users' right to know and choose, it is illegal.
The ad page won't close
Clicking the "Close" button will instead redirect you to the ad page
In the test, nandu reporters also found that in addition to problems such as soft pornography rubbing edge balls and forced download of apps, some mobile browsers still have advertising pages that cannot be turned off, and automatically start downloading and installing apps.
In the actual measurement of the 2345 browser, nandu reporter found that after clicking on the browser search bar, the top of the page will appear about one-third of the screen ads, the content is "has been prepared for you 50 yuan cash red envelope", while the upper right corner of the advertisement has a close icon. However, after clicking the icon, you did not close the advertisement, but went to the advertising page.
Nandu reporter randomly clicked on the 2345 browser home page to push several articles, most of the article pages have inserted ads, occupying about two-thirds of the page, the body content accounted for only one-third, you need to click on the "read the full text" button.
In this regard, the 2345 mobile browser responded that it has paid attention to the relevant reports in Nandu and set up a special working group to optimize. At present, the advertising space has been removed from the shelves, and the management of advertising partners will be strengthened in the future, and the advertising review will be strengthened. In the future, each advertising slot will be optimized and adjusted to ensure the user experience.
When the Nandu reporter clicked on the novel reader in the bottom bar of the UC browser page, an advertising column appeared at the bottom of the page and could not be closed. In the upper left corner of the advertising column, use the small print to prompt "members free of advertising", click to jump to the member purchase page.
Nandu reporter noted that the "Interim Measures for the Administration of Internet Advertising" stipulates that the use of the Internet to publish and send advertisements must not affect the normal use of the network by users. Advertisements published on Internet pages in the form of pop-ups, etc., shall be conspicuously marked with a closing sign to ensure one-click closure. Users may not be tricked into clicking on the content of an advertisement.
It is reported that the Advertising Law stipulates that advertisements for medical treatment, drugs, and medical devices must not contain assertions or guarantees indicating efficacy and safety; explain the cure rate or efficiency; compare the efficacy and safety of other drugs and medical devices with other medical institutions; use advertising spokespersons as recommendations and certificates; and other content prohibited by laws and administrative regulations.
Li Zhaoling told Nandu reporters that mobile browsers belong to the field of mobile Internet. At present, as the mobile Internet becomes more and more closely related to the social economy and life, it involves the balance of maintaining data security, promoting economic development, and protecting citizens' rights and interests. The balance between these three aspects needs to be regulated through corresponding systems. Although there is the E-commerce Law, the Data Security Law, the Personal Data Protection Law, etc., to achieve a balance between all aspects, more supporting laws and regulations are needed to increase implementation and operability.
Producer: Nandu Instant
Written by: Nandu reporter Yang Tianzhi, Fang Shiqi, Ma Minglong, Lin Zipei, intern Tan Ruye, Wang Yali, Wang Chenyao
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