China Fines Kuaishou After Wave of Porn Exposed Security Flaws

Chinese regulators fined Kuaishou Technology 119.1 million yuan ($17.2 million) over pornographic content that swamped its platform last December, highlighting security lapses in one of the country’s most popular AI and video services.

Beijing’s local internet regulator ruled the company failed to stop users from transmitting illegal content in a timely fashion, the agency said in a statement on WeChat. Kuaishou on Friday apologized for the incident and said it will take steps to rectify flaws in its system.