Chinese search engine company Baidu Inc. has launched an Internet platform to accept netizens' complaints about information promoted by the search engine service at Baidu.com.

Qi Xiangdong, president of Qihoo 360, revealed during a local media interview that China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Ministry of Public Security have interfered in the dispute between his company and Tencent.

365anfang.com, a website engaged in providing online transaction security information, has been formally launched in China.

Initiated by China's National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center, the China Anti-Malware Alliance has been launched in Tianjin.

In response to previous media reports that Chinese telecom operators will terminate mobile phone numbers involved in sending pornographic shorts messages, China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom all said it is not entirely true.

To coordinate with the special campaign jointly launched by China's nine government departments to fight Internet and mobile phone pornography, China Mobile Shanghai branch has implemented several powerful measures in which mobile phone numbers can be terminated if users are found sexting each other.

Chinese domain name service provider and registrar DNSPod has reported hacking activities that affected its services and caused network outages in various provinces this week to its local public security organ under the requirement of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.