On Sunday- China’s cyberspace administration said it had ordered smartphone app stores to stop offering the ride-hailing firm Didi Global Inc’s.
Didi to make changes to comply with Chinese data protection rules. It did not specify the nature of Didi’s violation.
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said on its social media feed, Didi responded by saying it had stopped registering new users and would remove its app from app stores.
They did not immediately respond to a request to explain why it had updated the policy that day.
The day before its New York Stock Exchange debut,a notice on Didi’s China app showed it had updated its user.
The process could take a while, but they have a large installed base so the near-term impact (is) likely muted, for now, they indicated.
They had anyway been banned from adding new users during a review of its cybersecurity.
the company has already been subject to regulatory probes in China.
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