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The
Beijing Cyberspace Administration, together with the Beijing
Public Security Bureau and Beijing Cultural Market
Administrative Law Enforcement Team, has already met
representatives from Apple about the examination of live
streaming apps from its app store, Xinhua said.
The U.S. tech firm is turning to selling more apps and services
in China amid falling sales and rising competition from domestic
smartphone makers.
Apple confirmed this year that it removed the New York Times
Co's <NYT.N> English- and Chinese-language news apps from its
iTunes store in China following a request from authorities.
Apple in Beijing could not be reached for comment after normal
business hours.
The Beijing Cyberspace Administration and the other two
departments separately ordered three domestic live-streaming
websites to rectify management loopholes, Xinhua said.
China's fast-growing live-streaming market produced revenues of
more than 30 billion yuan ($4.36 billion) last year, according
to investment bank China Renaissance Securities, even as
regulators have clamped down on sites that provide illegal
content, including pornography.
(Reporting By Matthew Miller and Catherine Cadell; Editing by
Robert Birsel)
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