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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#32 | e appeared when searching for "QQ mailbox" on Baidu. A screenshot shared by a netizen showed that after entering "QQ mailbox" into Baidu's search bar, the top search result, marked as an advertisement, was titled "Log in to QQ mailbox," with the website address listed as qq.qcxhc.top. According to Baidu's certification... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#33 | stating that it had banned the website in question and reported the matter to the public security authorities. When a reporter from The Beijing News contacted the company associated with the website, a representative claimed that the company had been sold in 2017 and denied placing phishing advertisements on Baidu.[18]... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#34 | ipal Consumer Council received a total of 26 complaints about "Hong Kong and Macao tours," half of which were through Baidu search and chose to claim to be Shenzhen International Travel Service for Hong Kong and Macao tours on the Baidu Plus V certified website, during which tourists were forced to buy jewelry, gold, c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#35 | he website that claims to be Shenzhen International Travel Service has nothing to do with the official International Travel Service (Shenzhen) International Travel Service Co., Ltd.[19]
The Shenzhen Municipal Consumer Council simulated consumer usage scenarios for CCTV-2 reporters and conducted a test survey in Baidu s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#36 | n on the Home was advertising information named "Shenzhen International Travel Service" and claimed to be "the designated outbound travel agency of the State Tourism Administration." Still, after verification by the Shenzhen Municipal Consumer Council staff, the commercial entity registration information did not includ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#37 | ion letter to Baidu per the Law on the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests. After the Shenzhen Municipal Consumer Commission sent a supervision letter, Baidu officials responded and decided to suspend the release of Baidu Credit V-certified advertisements by travel agencies in Guangdong, Clean up Baidu organic ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#38 | ce.[19]
Yu Xifeng, deputy secretary-general of the Shenzhen Municipal Consumer Protection Commission, believes that much of the promotional information released by Baidu V certification is suspected of being false and has violated the Advertising Law. Article 56 of the Advertising Law also stipulates that if the advert... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#39 | ertiser.[19]
Off-market financing-related advertisements
[edit]On April 24, 2019, the 21st Century Business Herald reporter searched for "over-the-counter allocation" through Baidu, and 5 of the ten results on the first screen were advertisements for the distribution platform. Even 3 of the first 5 were advertisements ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#40 | -the-counter capital allocation platforms are qualified to operate securities business, and some are suspected of engaging in illegal securities business activities, and some are even suspected of engaging in unlawful and criminal activities such as fraud using "virtual disks." The CSRC also reminded investors to stay ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#41 | 19, the Shanxi Provincial Enrollment and Examination Management Center issued a reminder that candidates should not use search engines to access the webpage of the online volunteer system when filling out their volunteer forms. Otherwise, they might mistakenly enter other websites, rendering the information they submit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#42 | ns shared screenshots showing that searching for terms like "college entrance examination volunteers" through Baidu, 360, and other search engines often returns top results that are advertisements for apps, websites, or consulting agencies charging high service fees. It is difficult to find the official portal for fill... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#43 | that since 2013, it has protected the official websites of examination admission institutes, displayed these official websites prominently in search results, and provided free "official website" logo certification for such sites.[22]
Fake funeral home events appear in search results
[edit]In July 2019, when an elderly ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#44 | ults for "Shanghai Longhua Funeral Home." Staff members visited Mr. Zhou's home and signed a contract with him. According to this contract, renting a small hall cost 8,500 yuan, and additional cremation and other fees totaled over 10,000 yuan, nearly reaching 20,000 yuan. The staff insisted that the charges were in acc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#45 | sue: the phone number found online did not belong to the official "Shanghai Longhua Funeral Home." The fees charged were more than double those of a legitimate funeral home. Mr. Zhou realized he had encountered a fraudulent "ghost" website.[23]
The fraud gang spent 6 million yuan on Baidu promotions to sell fake drugs.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#46 | repackaged tea drinks worth only a few yuan into an "ancestral miracle medicine" that supposedly "cures all diseases." They primarily used Baidu's advertising promotion feature to perpetrate the fraud, accumulating sales exceeding one thousand yuan. When victims searched for keywords related to certain diseases, such a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#47 | cording to the suspects, they had invested over 6 million yuan in purchasing Baidu promotional keywords. They falsely claimed that health drinks costing just 10 to a few dozen yuan could treat conditions like thyroid diseases, breast nodules, and diabetes, marketing them as "special drugs" at high prices ranging from 1... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#48 | the money was used for promotion." The suspects only required the tea drinks to have no side effects when dealing with manufacturers.[24]
Ma also revealed that, through an acquaintance, he met a salesperson claiming to represent Baidu. The salesperson promised to promote their product for a fee, stating: "For twenty or... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#49 | over 5,000 people across the country had been deceived by the scam.[24]
Baidu Search Recommends Fake Customer Service Numbers: Just Pay to Appear.
[edit]In October 2021, Mr. Xue, who lives in Jiangning, Nanjing, suddenly broke down due to a washing machine, and his first thought was to go to Baidu to search and solve t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#50 | at they only needed to pay a service fee, and the click fee could be on Baidu's search headlines.[25]
The controversy over whether Baidu promotion is an advertisement
[edit]Main article: Baidu Promotion § Controversy over whether Baidu Promotion is an advertisement
The issue of "dual standards" in mobile and web promot... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#51 | saying that netizens searched for "Debang Logistics" on Baidu on their mobile phones, and the first place was the so-called "Debang Logistics Official Website." He dialed the phone number on the website. He placed an order, only to find that when he received the logistics, he found that the shipment was not Deppon Logi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#52 | he name, logo, hotline, or even the website's domain name, it is extremely similar to the regular Deppon Logistics. According to the investigation of the Voice of China reporter, the standard of receiving and sending Shanzhai Debang is also very different from the genuine brand; Shanzhai Debang only accepts large items... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#53 | uan. When two staff members came to pick up the parcel, the courier slip they showed differed slightly from the courier bill of genuine Debang. In the upper left corner, next to the LOGO of "Debang," there is also a tiny word, "pay," so "Fu Debang" is the name of the copycat Debang company. The courier who took the ord... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#54 | than that. None of the two staff members who came to pick up the parcel wore "Debang" courier overalls. The reporter then searched for "daily logistics" on the mobile terminal, showing that the first place was "rookie wrapping" and the second was "Aneng logistics." Later, when the reporter tried to search for some popu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#55 | st, and the search display was often different. Due to screen size limitations on mobile phones, it is easy for ads at the top of the PPC to squeeze into space, and it may be difficult for users to find what they are searching for without scrolling down.[26] After the incident, Baidu stated Baidu's official Weibo, sayi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#56 | d to the relevant parties. All the merchants not promoted by Debang Logistics using the keyword "Debang Logistics" were offline, compensated, and protected Baidu users who suffered losses in this incident and expressed gratitude to the media for their supervision and reporting. In the statement, it was written that bef... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#57 | n the report is a company called "Debang Logistics Services (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd." Another promoter, named Shenzhen Kahang Debang Logistics Co., Ltd., also has the official trademark authorization letter of Debang Logistics Co., Ltd., which Debang Logistics Co., Ltd., later verified that Debang Logistics has no relation... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#58 | ization letter submitted to Baidu for review is forged.[27]
In addition, the reporter of "Southern Metropolis Daily" also investigated this phenomenon. According to reports, the reporter searched on Baidu's web page with "Shenkui," "gastritis," "Bariatrics," and "muscle atrophy" as keywords and found that on the first ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#59 | sented with additional search results on mobile, and the top rankings are ads.[28]
An issue has arisen with advertisements for 'Buying a new strain
[edit]When the new coronavirus variant Omicron was found in South Africa, users used Baidu to search for a new strain in South Africa. A Taobao matching ad automatically ap... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#60 | tly package and sell popular keywords to advertisers for matching, and Taobao and Baidu have yet to review these keywords.[29]
Baidu Tieba related controversy
[edit]In 2009, it was condemned and exposed by the Internet rectification action
[edit]On January 5, 2009, Baidu's Baidu Tieba and Baidu Space were exposed by th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#61 | in the country and ranked second, only after Google.[30] On January 8, Baidu was classified as a "website with ineffective cleanup and rectification work" in the "Notice on the First Batch of Exposed Websites in the National Special Action to Rectify Internet Vulgarity."[31]
The content of the exposure is:
There are a ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#62 | ent in some sections. There are a large number of links to pornographic websites in the "Web Search" results of "Baidu Search." After receiving the notification from the reporting center, the website did not take adequate measures.[30]
The report on the remediation situation is as follows:
"Baidu.com" has cleaned up "B... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#63 | Incident
[edit]2009 marked the 20th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. To suppress speech, Baidu Tieba implemented a ban on Chinese college and university Tieba starting on May 23. Users could only browse posts but were unable to post or reply. When users attempted to reply, a message would... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#64 | eba in some colleges and universities was lifted. In February 2012, Baidu suddenly announced that it would merge the banned college Baidu Tieba with its university's alternative Baidu Tieba, and prominent Baidu Tieba moderators were required to apply for real-name registration.[32]
Since January 2013, the vast majority... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#65 | on Baidu Tieba at some universities has also been gradually lifted, and the Tieba moderator system was reformulated. However, on March 1, 2016, Baidu officials removed the entire moderator team of the Tsinghua University Baidu Tieba, which triggered a wave of Tieba disruptions.[32]
In 2012, Baidu employees accepted bri... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#66 | nd reviewing moderators in Baidu Tieba, conspired with his former colleague Lu. Lu was in charge of contacting external parties, while Xu exploited his authority to delete posts, appoint, or dismiss moderators in Baidu Tieba to profit from the scheme. After collaborating to delete hundreds of posts, Xu received more th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#67 | [33][34]
It was condemned and exposed during the Clean Net 2014 campaign.
[edit]Main article:Anti-pornography and anti-· net 2014 special operation
On June 5, 2014, Baidu Tieba was investigated by the relevant departments of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television because the website ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#68 | s" series, "Dark Fairy Tales" series, "Evil Fairy Tales" series and other illegal online publications involving gangsters, violence, obscenity and pornography. The State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television claimed that once it was verified, it would impose penalties by the law and investigate its civil and cr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#69 | ion," set up a particular column to publicize the total number of deleted information and banned accounts, and also asked netizens to cooperate in reporting and deleting posts containing "sensitive and false information."[35]
In 2014, Baidu Guardian bundled the installation of rogue software
[edit]In 2014, Zhou Hongyi,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#70 | ue software and exploited the vulnerability of Internet Explorer browser to install the software on computers without the user's knowledge and authorization. Zhou Hongyi called Baidu a "hundred poison company" and "a hooligan" on Weibo. Baidu was dissatisfied with the title of "100 poisons" and sued 360 in court, deman... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#71 | ording to a report by Southern Metropolis Daily on April 25, 2016, Baidu Tieba used piracy to provide netizens with many infringing original online literary works. In this regard, online literary writers have reported and defended their rights in various ways.[38] On May 23, 2016, Baidu Tieba launched a crackdown on pi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#72 | rompted to "According to relevant laws, regulations, and policies, this bar is temporarily closed" when entering the stickers mentioned above. Later, Baidu Tieba said that this move was to increase the protection of genuine copyrights and safeguard the rights and interests of the original creators.[39]
The "Sell the Ba... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#73 | moderator having no violations) and transfers the position to another user who has paid a certain amount of money to Baidu. The new moderators are often organizations such as education and training institutions, medical institutions, or gaming companies. This process is also known as the "airborne moderator" practice.[... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#74 | rs of the "Fleet Collection" Baidu Tieba were removed by the Baidu Tieba management team without prior warning, citing reasons such as "receiving user reports" and "not actively cooperating with official activities." The moderator team was also disbanded. Subsequently, from the evening of the 14th to the 15th, several ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#75 | er" Tieba (on January 15, "athlon18" was removed from their moderator position in the National Server Tieba).
Rumors spread within the Tieba that individuals associated with the "Fleet Collection" private server had forcibly taken control of the Tieba and that the moderators' accounts had been hacked (a claim unilatera... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#76 | ators, replace them with private server promoters, and pin private server promotional content to the top of the forum.
The incident triggered strong dissatisfaction among Tieba users and other enthusiasts. The "Fleet Collection" Tieba was flooded with disruptive posts, including doujinshi-related content, and its priva... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#77 | sers and members, and the forum became paralyzed for a time. Temporary protection measures were implemented, restricting posting to the moderation team, though these restrictions were later lifted.
On January 15 and afterward, the new moderators "athlon18," "Axiulin," and Baidu officials denied the rumors, banned priva... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#78 | it deemed to have taken office improperly but retained the moderator privileges of "athlon18," a former moderator from the National Server Tieba. At 11:00 AM on February 6, Baidu revoked the moderator privileges of "athlon18" and other team members and approved the moderator application of "Nanfengzhishou."
Due to the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#79 | ions" as a form of protest and satire. For a time, "700,000" became a buzzword across major ACG (Anime, Comic, and Game) websites.[41]
2015 Minecraft Baidu Tieba Airborne Main Event
[edit]On September 21, 2015, some netizens broke the news that the Minecraft bar was sold by Baidu to a mobile game called "Our World" for... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#80 | s replaced with the "first test of the sandbox online mobile game "Our World" on Android" issued by "Our World GM," as well as three posts containing download links to the game "Our World," and the original pinned post was canceled. The above behaviors are said to have been published by Baidu and the new bar owner with... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#81 | aft Online. However, for various reasons, the Minecraft bars refused their request.[42][43]
Some netizens tried the game and found that the content (including painting style, gameplay, etc.) is the same as Minecraft; the only difference is that all the materials in "Our World" need to be recharged to buy. This caused p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#82 | Bar, and then it was suspected that Baidu officials and new bar owners carried out special treatment of the post bar, such as the post was deleted and the account that posted was banned for a day.[42][43]
On the morning of September 22, the former Minecraft Bar announced that it had regained control of the Tieba and de... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#83 | ng content will make the "Our World" mobile game pay a price. Currently, the post has been deleted.[42][43]
The 2016 hemophilia Baidu Tieba incident
[edit]On January 7, 2016, netizens began to disclose that Baidu sold hemophilia bars and other disease stickers; the process of the incident with the ship's mother bar and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#84 | ease bars would stop commercial cooperation and would only be open to authoritative public welfare organizations, among which the owner of the hemophilia bar has been changed to "Beijing Hemophilia Home."Soon after, Baidu's "Fangcheng Bar" and "Zhengzhou Bar" were also involved in the sale of bars, of which the price o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#85 | ing Commission held a regular press conference to learn about the incident from Baidu.[47] On the same day, the Cyberspace Administration of China interviewed the main person in charge of Baidu in response to the prominent problems raised by the incident. The person in charge of Baidu said he would seriously reflect on... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#86 | the results of the incident: Wang Zhan, vice president of Baidu, director of CBG and general manager of Tieba Division, and Zhang Yaqin, president of Baidu and head of EBG and extensive market system, were publicly notified and punished.[48]
On May 1, 2016, China Business Taoluo published a report stating that the Puti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#87 | e special reports regarding this incident.[49]
Subject-specific forums were sold
[edit]In August 2015, the High School Math Forum was sold to Jinghua Education, and a new forum owner with the Baidu ID "High School Math Forum Owner" was parachuted in. During this period, Jinghua Education agreed to retain the autonomy o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#88 | ong after, and the High School Math Forum was utterly sold. However, for some reason, Jinghua Education no longer served as the forum owner, and the High School Math Forum was removed. Between January 13 and 22, 2016, Jinghua Online broke its promise again and published 58 advertising theme posts. This move triggered a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#89 | ert." This incident also caused the forum members to register some similar IDs with sarcastic meanings, such as "High School Super Science Expert," "High School Philosophy Expert," "High School Folk Science Expert," "High School Math Expert," etc. After experiencing the forum explosion storm, Jinghua Online left the fo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#90 | rator of the Chemistry Forum and the High School Chemistry Forum, “Rreflect_F,” posted a message on the Chemistry Forum, announcing that all the forum staff of the High School Chemistry Forum had been removed. The next day, all the forum staff of the Crystal Chemistry Forum (archived version of this page, stored in the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#91 | o "Yixiang Haoju" and parachuted as forum moderators. During this period, Yixiang Haoju posted advertisements in the forum, created groups under the name of current students to deceive new students into joining, and deceived many new students into renting apartments with extremely poor conditions at prices much higher ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#92 | tory places for new students.[40]
Overwatch forum banned
[edit]On April 29, 2017, Baidu cleared all the content of the Overwatch forum without giving any reason and banned the creation of this forum. Baidu's official response was that there was a lot of illegal information in the forum. However, most forum users pointe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#93 | egular operation.[50]
The Quit Gambling Bar was blocked
[edit]Main article: Quit gambling
After the Xinhua News Agency published a report titled “Quitting Gambling or Inducing Gambling? — An Investigation into Gambling Addicts Gathering Online in Borrowing Names”, which exposed negative information such as running away... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#94 | aidu Netdisk-related controversy
[edit]User privacy issues
[edit]On July 18, 2017, a we-media user reported that files publicly shared through Baidu Netdisk could be viewed and downloaded by anyone. These files were also searchable on some third-party Netdisk search websites, including personal photos, address books, a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#95 | tizen claimed that he had applied for a job as a manual reviewer for Baidu Netdisk and showed that he could review photos uploaded by users, which attracted attention. That evening, Baidu Netdisk officially responded that the manual review of photos was a rumor.[53]
Clean Network Action
[edit]Main article: Anti-pornogr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#96 | it to spread content that is restricted on websites in the People's Republic of China, such as pornographic content.[1] As a result, Baidu Netdisk was once interviewed by relevant departments in mainland China. Since 2014, Baidu Netdisk has responded to the "Clean Internet" campaign sponsored by the National Office of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#97 | s and deletes certain content restricted to mainland China.[54]
Baidu Netdisk will continue to intensify its efforts to clean up pornographic, obscene, violent, and terrorist information and files involving infringement uploaded, stored, and shared by users. It will take comprehensive cleaning and permanent ban measure... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#98 | blications campaign, many users found that some of the videos on their online disks had been replaced with “8-second Baidu Cloud Net Cleaning Action Announcement” (commonly known as “8-second educational videos”). Some of the replaced videos were pornographic, but some included other types of videos. One user reported ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#99 | Baidu Netdisk had not fulfilled its responsibility to protect the privacy of users’ uploaded data. Some new upload methods have emerged to circumvent the censorship mechanism, such as changing the file extension.[54]
Download speed limit
[edit]When Baidu launched the "Super Membership" service, users began complaining ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#100 | ction by claiming it "depends on [one's] bandwidth size."[55]
Some users have, therefore, developed various ways to break Baidu Netdisk's speed limit, such as third-party clients can download and super member accounts. In response to this, in April 2018, Baidu Netdisk adopted a method of banning unofficial versions. Us... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#101 | ked.[55]
Main article: Pandownload § Author arrested
On April 15, 2020, Cai Mouming, the developer of PanDownload, was arrested by the police because Liu Mou reported that the software he downloaded would leak private photos and files without authorization. Public opinion believes this move was because Baidu Netdisk wa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#102 | inistry of Industry and Information Technology, Baidu Netdisk, Tencent Weiyun, and eight other Netdisk companies jointly signed the "Self-Discipline Convention on User Experience Protection for Personal Netdisk Service Business," promising to launch "undifferentiated rate" products in 2021 to provide undifferentiated u... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#103 | he Youth Edition of Baidu Netdisk, providing 10G storage space for free users. Baidu Netdisk did not respond clearly to whether the existing version and the Youth Edition of the cloud disk files can be interoperable.[57][58]
Service Limitations
[edit]At the beginning of March 2018, some users from Taiwan found that Tai... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#104 | h, the page you visited no longer exists," and Taiwan users could not usually share data with users in other countries.IPs in Xinjiang are also blocked.[59]
User incentive programs and P2P forcibly occupy bandwidth resources
[edit]In April 2020, users found that the Baidu Netdisk PC client checked the "Join User Incent... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#105 | k's official description of this user incentive program that began in May 2019 is as follows:[59]
The "User Incentive Program" is an activity launched by Baidu Netdisk to improve the user experience of PC clients. After enabling it, the corresponding points will be awarded according to the user's activity and usage. Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#106 | er Membership, privileges, or other great prizes in the mobile app. There will be no points awarded after cancellation, so please choose carefully.[59]
After testing, some users found that when they did not use Baidu Netdisk PC for uploading or downloading, the software still occupied part of the bandwidth, slowing dow... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#107 | program" used Peer-to-peer technology.[59]
Q: I don't like peer-to-peer, so how can I turn it off?
A: Currently, Peer-to-peer cannot be turned off temporarily. Please stay tuned.
After calculation, it can be found that the rewards and services that can be exchanged for points obtained after joining the user incentive p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#108 | ing a daily continuous contribution of 1MB/s bandwidth, 5G space, and 7 hours of online time." "And 1000 points are only enough to exchange for more than 5 minutes of high-speed downloads, and the price of a single/single-day download acceleration service previously announced by Baidu Netdisk is 1.9 yuan in idle hours ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#109 | frequent reading and writing of hard disks. Even the electricity bill for 210 hours a month is much more.[60]
On April 20th, Baidu Netdisk said through its official Weibo that the new version of Baidu Netdisk PC released on the 21st will cancel all of the "User Incentive Plan".[60]
Baidu Library Infringement Incident
[... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#110 | opedia with open content that is editable to everyone, and it advocates for the spirit of equality and collaboration among users. Generally, websites on the Chinese mainland emphasize that the "Baidu Encyclopedia" is a "network encyclopedia in which all netizens participate in compiling" when comparing the Baidu Encycl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#111 | ied for separately after reaching a certain level of contribution and activity, and a small number of entries whose names are protected by long-term blank paper and whose content is locked for a long time cannot be created or edited by users other than the official. Baidu Encyclopedia's management personnel are hired a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#112 | y limited and is still in an auxiliary position. The policy decisions related to the development of the Baidu Encyclopedia are not generated through open discussions, comments, and voting, and ordinary users need more influence, voice, and editing power to do so. In addition, Baidu Encyclopedia launched its editing ser... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#113 | ties revealed that Baike.com could claim entries if you pay for it, some netizens found that the entry Polar Algae 5S, which Toutiao Encyclopedia advertised as "killing cancer cells in seven days," also existed in Baidu Encyclopedia, which also caused controversy about the openness of Baidu Encyclopedia.[61]
Copyright ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#114 | copyright of the content published by the user belongs to the original author, and if the copyright is reprinted, the copyright attribution shall be subject to the original author or the original website, and once published, the user agrees that Baidu Encyclopedia has the right and license to enjoy a free, perpetual, i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#115 | of the entry. Baidu Encyclopedia users often reprint content from copyrighted websites or official publications without indicating the source and indicating the copyright notice of the original author or the original website or completely ignore its authorization terms, resulting in infringement of the copyright of oth... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#116 | idu Encyclopedia is not accessible, Baidu Encyclopedia's use of Wikipedia entries is copyright infringement, and some even copy all Wikipedia entries. Violates the copyright law of the Chinese mainland.[62]
Due to copyright issues, Baidu Encyclopedia's content does not meet the accepted definition of open or accessible... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#117 | g been affected by sabotage and spoofing, often appearing in controversial or popular articles (such as public figures), where users either delete or clear text that does not conform to their Values (ethics and social sciences), or insert false information, or ridicule or even slander. Some Localism (politics) or users... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#118 | with objective and truthful content, or maliciously scandalize other places.[66]
Many entries in the Baidu Encyclopedia are copied and pasted, so they are frequently used to upload popular online spoof articles. For example, the entry that spoofs the revolutionary martyr "Shi Xikun."[66] "urban management" was once int... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#119 | nce interpreted as "having nothing to do after eating or having done nothing serious."[67] Since these spoofs have long circulated on the Internet, most editors ignore these erroneous interpretations and acquiesce.[67]
Some spoofs that appeared in the Baidu Encyclopedia have misled other media. For example, in the entr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#120 | y activity. This was cited as a historical fact in the program "Deciphering Sino-Soviet Diplomatic Archives" on Shanghai TV's documentary channel.[68] In the entry "Aircraft Carrier Killer," a user spoofed Nvidia's GeForce series graphics card GTX690 as a "690 tactical core graphics card," which was also quoted in the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#121 | idu's Top Ten Mythical Beasts” was posted and quickly spread. Netizens used homophones to spoof sexually explicit content and obscene language into animals that do not exist. They posted them on Baidu Encyclopedia, such as the Grass Mud Horse, Duffy Chicken, Fuck Squid, and Tailed Whale.[70] Subsequent works, such as "... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#122 | dely questioned, but the current entries have all been deleted and are protected as blank pages.[70]
Some users also often take advantage of the flaws of the system's filtering review to create entries that appear to be academically rigorous but are pseudo-scientific or satirize and spoof professional entries in a tone... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#123 | element. In April 2014, an editing war broke out over the entry for "paraxylene" because its "low toxicity" attribute was tampered with to "highly toxic," which attracted widespread media attention.[70]
Baidu Encyclopedia is also a target for Korean nationalists to promote the Korean origin theory. In December 2020, Pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#124 | at "Kimchi originated from China." Still, the entry "Kimchi" in question had not been changed as of December of the same year. It was locked and not open for editing. Subsequently, the South Korean online diplomatic envoys with a background in the South Korean government launched a petition on the petition website "Cha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#125 | ns on social platforms such as Weibo and Douban reported that a large number of historical and cultural entries on the Baidu Encyclopedia had been modified, including nearly 100 entries such as "Huaxia," "Korean," "Dongyi Culture," "Jongmiao Sacrifice," "Jongmiao Ritual System," "Shadow Wall" and "Dancing". The modifie... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#126 | ny for the Korean Jongmiao to worship the monarch and queen of the Joseon Dynasty" the Jongmiao Ritual System "is most famous for the Korean Jongmiao Sacrifice," and the Korean ethnic group "should not be used to refer to Koreans, Koreans and other Koreans in non-Chinese regions." Some netizens questioned whether Korea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#127 | entries individually to improve their completeness and correctness. At the same time, Baidu Encyclopedia announced that in the future, the historical version review and comparison functions will only be open to "encyclopedia professional editors" to avoid being disturbed by outdated information.[71]
In 2021, a netizen ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#128 | Center and a local host named Hao Guixiang stated that the content needed to be validated.[72]
In July 2022, the actor "Wang Junyi" was found by netizens to be fabricated, and the entry has now been deleted.[72]
Copyright infringement
[edit]The US Special 301 Report criticized Baidu for providing MP3 music downloads, c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#129 | rtainment, Warner Music, and several local Chinese companies issued a joint statement regarding the issue of music piracy, saying that Baidu is China's largest and most stubborn provider of pirated music, and that resolutely boycotting Baidu has become a common goal for all parties. They also sent letters to major adve... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#130 | 3]
Han Han filed lawsuits against Baidu over copyright issues in 2011 and 2012, and Baidu lost both cases.[74]
The Wikimedia Foundation and Hudong Baike have previously accused Baidu Baike of infringing copyright by using content without citing the source but have not received any response from Baidu. In April 2008, Ba... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticisms_of_Baidu#131 | , a service outside China.[74]
On the evening of November 27, 2013, CCTV-2’s Economic Half Hour broadcast a unique program titled “Online Copyright Disputes Re-emerge,” exposing the black chain of piracy among video websites such as Baidu and Qvod. The program reported that on November 13, Zhang Chaoyang of Sohu Video,... |
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