China has begun to destroy video hosting

As promised , China began to close video hosting sites that did not go through the state licensing procedure. Under the new rules, only government websites or private websites that are under government control can publish UGC videos on the Chinese Internet, and only after receiving a special license. The license must be renewed every three years. Hosting providers are required to independently remove the "illegal" video from their servers and inform the state about these cases. New rules came into effect on January 31, 2008.

And now the state censors issued the first order , according to which 25 sites with UGC-video are subject to closure, and another 32 sites will undergo an investigation procedure within two months, after which they can be punished. One of the country's largest video hosting sites, Tudou.com, also received a warning.

Some of the sites threatened with closure have a daily audience of up to 100 million people, which is comparable to the audience of China’s state television.