The Shanghai Internet Illegal Information Reporting Center received fewer reports of pornography and more reports of fraud in April than in previous months. The Center received 22,693 reports in April. 12,606 reports of these were valid and 99.4% of the content in question was disposed.

3% of reported content were phishing attempts and 1.5% of reported content was pornographic. 49% of reports were for false information, language, violence, etc.

The Shanghai Internet Illegal Information Reporting Center reported a 50% reduction of pornographic reports in April. Reports of fraud rose by 5 times the previous month.

The report stated that a number of reports were about job training courses (where trainees must pay a fee) posted on job sites or other listings websites.

At the same time, the number of reports of online extortion and ads offering to delete negative posts increased on business networking sites. These kinds of reports increase five-fold in April from the previous month.

Reports of online gambling also rose slightly this month.

Source: thepaper.cn

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