Chinese social media platform 'Xiaohongshu' has been accused by the official website of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, 'Jiangsu News,' of containing a large amount of child 'softcore pornographic' (referring to borderline sexual content) material. It is reported that the platform pushes novels, images, and interactive information with sexual innuendo or obscene content to underage users, and even diaper advertisements on Xiaohongshu contain sexual suggestions.
'Jiangsu News' reports that in the recently concluded National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference ('Two Sessions'), the government work report emphasized 'strengthening the construction and management of online content' and 'advancing the protection of minors online.' Some National People's Congress deputies also raised the alarm about social media platforms pushing harmful information such as softcore pornography to minors. However, currently, logging into Xiaohongshu does not require real-name authentication, and even when setting the personal profile as a 15-year-old female, Xiaohongshu still pushes a significant amount of borderline pornographic novels, images, and interactive content.
The report notes that on Xiaohongshu, the interactive section 'Ask Me Anything' is popular among underage student users. In particular, interactions tagged with 'ask a middle school girl anything,' 'sixth grade girls Q&A,' etc., have many users posting questions to these underage female student users in the comments. In addition to normal life and study-related questions, a significant number of comments involve inquiries about menstrual cycles, sexual orientation, underwear choices, and even requests for photos of body parts from underage girls.
A user tagged as a 'first-year middle school girl' said in a pinned comment that her original intention for starting an 'Ask Me Anything' session was to make friends, but she ended up receiving a large number of indecent and harassing private messages.
According to 'Jiangsu News,' apart from the harassment of minors in the interactive section, some users on Xiaohongshu use children to sell products or attract traffic by dressing them in adult-style sexy clothing or posing them in adult-like ways. Even in children’s diaper advertisements, the promotional content often shows child models in revealing poses wearing only diapers.
Some internet users have pointed out that certain adult users, in order to gain traffic, pose as minors to participate in these interactions. Observations by 'Jiangsu News' have found that in one interaction tagged 'middle school girl', the poster shared a voice message to attract followers, but the voice more closely resembled that of an adult. There are also suspected cases where adult users dress up as young children to post borderline images or videos.
The report notes that on Xiaohongshu, the interactive section 'Ask Me Anything' is popular among underage student users. In particular, interactions tagged with 'ask a middle school girl anything,' 'sixth grade girls Q&A,' etc., have many users posting questions to these underage female student users in the comments. In addition to normal life and study-related questions, a significant number of comments involve inquiries about menstrual cycles, sexual orientation, underwear choices, and even requests for photos of body parts from underage girls.
A user tagged as a 'first-year middle school girl' said in a pinned comment that her original intention for starting an 'Ask Me Anything' session was to make friends, but she ended up receiving a large number of indecent and harassing private messages.
According to 'Jiangsu News,' apart from the harassment of minors in the interactive section, some users on Xiaohongshu use children to sell products or attract traffic by dressing them in adult-style sexy clothing or posing them in adult-like ways. Even in children’s diaper advertisements, the promotional content often shows child models in revealing poses wearing only diapers.
Some internet users have pointed out that certain adult users, in order to gain traffic, pose as minors to participate in these interactions. Observations by 'Jiangsu News' have found that in one interaction tagged 'middle school girl', the poster shared a voice message to attract followers, but the voice more closely resembled that of an adult. There are also suspected cases where adult users dress up as young children to post borderline images or videos.