Overview
- The Shanghai branch of the Cyberspace Administration of China said platforms including Xiaohongshu and Bilibili removed more than 40,000 real-estate posts since Nov. 14 under a special campaign.
- Authorities reported penalties for over 70,000 real estate–related accounts and about 1,200 livestream rooms.
- Targets included content accused of distorting housing policies, promoting fake cut‑price listings, or passing off AI-generated property images as real.
- Xi Jinping recently urged tougher cyberspace governance using artificial intelligence, signaling top-level backing for stricter enforcement.
- Two private data agencies paused publication of combined sales figures for the top 100 developers at officials’ request, according to people familiar with the matter, raising transparency concerns.