{"id":157942,"date":"2020-12-09T15:12:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T23:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=157942"},"modified":"2021-08-02T00:55:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T07:55:06","slug":"tripadvisor-app-banned-in-china-in-move-against-cross-border-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/tripadvisor-app-banned-in-china-in-move-against-cross-border-gambling\/","title":{"rendered":"China Bans TripAdvisor App in Suspected Move Against Cross-Border Gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"

TripAdvisor was one of 105 apps blocked in China<\/a> this week. The company was banned for \u201cspreading obscene, pornographic, violent, bloody and other illegal information, and providing illegal services such as fraud, gambling and prostitution.\u201d<\/p>\n

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China\u2019s TripAdvisor ban has mystified many observers, but it\u2019s probably part of its recent crackdown on the marketing of foreign casinos to Chinese citizens. (Image: Boston Globe)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Cyberspace Administration of China<\/a> (CAC) offered no details of what the American travel company had done to earn its ban from local app stores. But the most likely explanation is that the app allows users to research and book trips to casino resorts outside of China.<\/p>\n

“The Cyberspace Administration of China will continue to …\u00a0<\/strong>strengthen the supervision and inspection of mobile apps’ information services, promptly clean up and dispose of illegal mobile applications and application stores, and strive to create a clear cyberspace,” the agency said in a statement, translated by CNN.<\/p>\n

Great Firewall<\/strong><\/h2>\n

CAC is the regulator charged with maintaining China\u2019s \u201cGreat Firewall\u201d program of internet censorship. Meanwhile, Beijing has been stepping up its fight against cross-border gambling<\/a> in recent months. The government is legislating to impose stricter prison sentences on those who market foreign casinos to its citizens.<\/p>\n

This is now a crime that can fetch five to ten years imprisonment, which is the same penalty handed to those caught operating illegal casinos on the Chinese mainland.<\/p>\n

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In August, the country\u2019s Ministry of Culture and Tourism said it had drawn up a blacklist of foreign destinations that it believed were opening casinos purely to target Chinese tourists. It vowed travel restrictions would be imposed on these tourist sites. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The ministry has not published the list<\/a>, but it would be little exaggeration to say that every casino in the Asia-Pacific market outside of Macau fits this description. Perhaps the blacklist was so long the ministry decided it would be simpler to delete TripAdvisor instead.<\/p>\n

Political Faux Pas?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Or the reason might be something else entirely. China has been known to ban foreign and domestic websites simply for publishing \u201ccrude\u201d content. Or for inadvertently offending its political sensibilities.<\/p>\n

In 2018, CAC blocked the Marriot Hotels app and website for a week because it had accidentally listed Macau and Hong Kong as individual countries, rather than special administrative regions existing under the \u201cone country, two systems\u201d policy.<\/p>\n

Could TripAdvisor or one of its millions of users simply have made a political faux pas? It may be that TripAdvisor doesn\u2019t know either.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re not in a position to comment at this time,\u201d said the company in a statement. \u201cTripadvisor\u2019s brand in China is managed by a joint venture between Tripadvisor and Trip.com Group, which owns a majority share. Please forward all inquiries to pr@tripadvisor.cn.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Trip.com Group has yet to comment publicly.<\/p>\n

While the TripAdvisor\u2019s stock took a hit on the NASDAQ, the ban is not expected to impact it financially in the long term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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