A Chinese app with more than 3-million users here in Taiwan has been ordered
blocked for one-year due to cybersecurity failures and widespread fraud
activity on the platform.

According to the Cabinet's Anti-Fraud Command Center, internet service
providers have been instructed to use technical measures to prevent the
public from accessing Xiao-hong-shu effective immediately.

The move follows a warning earlier this week by the Ministry of Digital
Affairs about security risks posed by five Chinese apps -- Xiao-hong-shu,
Dou-yin, Wei-bo, WeChat and Bai-du Wang-pan.

The Criminal Investigation Bureau says that Xiao-hong-shu has been linked to
950 fraud cases in Taiwan last year, causing financial losses of more than
132-million N-T.

The bureau also says trom January to November of this year, there have been
756 fraud cases, with total losses exceeding 114-million N-T.

The top five Xiaohongshu-related schemes were fake online shopping platforms,
fraudulent installment payment cancellations, fake investments, romance scams
and sexual solicitation scams.