Zhihu App Taken Down for 7 Days

知乎 因传播违法违规信息已被下架整改

Beijing cyberspace authorities have told Quora-like Zhihu to delist from all app stores for seven days starting Friday because the Q&A platform has not adequately curbed “illicit[1] information,” media reported.

[1]illicit：illegal or disapproved of by society 非法的；违禁的；社会不容许的

illicit drugs such as cocaine and cannabis

可卡因和大麻之类的违禁药物

今天北京网信办发布紧急通知。“知乎”平台因管理不严，传播违法违规信息，根据相关法律法规，要求各应用商店下架“知乎”App七天。具体时间从今天15时开始，至3月9日15时恢复。

AZhihu spokesperson not authorized to speak on the record told Sixth Tone that the company will “make adjustments as soon as possible.” People who have already installed the app will not be affected.

已下载用户不受影响。知乎方面表示“将尽快调整上架”。据了解，在安卓应用商店搜索“知乎”发现，页面显示知乎因违规下架。但是苹果APP Store中搜索“知乎”则仍然存在。

On Friday afternoon, when the app was supposed to be unavailable, Sixth Tone could still downloadZhihu via the China iOS App Store, but the app was no longer available in at least one major Android app store.