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Blue Whale TMT channel on April 29, according to the "WeChat Coral Security" public account message, in order to maintain the order of network communication, further crack down on counterfeiting, rumors and other behaviors, WeChat public platform will display the USER's IP territory when publishing content, domestic accounts displayed to provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government), overseas accounts displayed to countries (regions), account IP territory to the operator to provide information prevailing, users can not take the initiative to open or close the relevant display for the time being. This function will be tested in the near future, and will be opened to users according to the test situation.
On April 28, Weibo also announced that it will carry out product upgrades and new features on the basis of the previous user's "IP territory" display, including the full open comment display and evaluation of the IP territory small tail function, and the launch of the "personal homepage level page display IP territory" function. Weibo's interpretation of this function is to reduce bad behaviors such as impersonating parties to hot events, malicious rumors, and rubbing traffic, and to ensure the truthfulness and transparency of the content disseminated.
Previously, on April 15, many platforms such as Douyin, Today's Toutiao, Kuaishou, Zhihu, and Baijia number announced that they would display the ip ownership of their accounts in personal homepages and other locations.