Bilibili controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2022
China's market regulator fines Bilibili, Tencent and Alibaba
Fine or penalty
China's State Administration for Market Regulation imposed a 500,000-yuan fine each on Bilibili, Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group for violating the Anti-Monopoly Law. The regulator said the companies had failed to declare concentrations of business operators as required by law.
Source excerpt
The State Administration for Market Regulation, China's top market regulator, imposed a fine of 500,000 yuan ($78,000) each on leading video platform Bilibili, Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group for violating the Anti-Monopoly Law, according to its official website on Wednesday.
The SAMR said these companies were found to have not declared the concentration of business operators as per the law.
市场监管总局决定给予腾讯、和谐汽车、阿里创投、哔哩哔哩、红杉煜辰等企业作出行政处罚。
2022
Bilibili launches rights-protection action over deepfake images of creators
Company response
Bilibili said it launched a dedicated rights-protection action after female creators were targeted with maliciously edited explicit images and videos uploaded to overseas platforms. It said it had removed nearly 100 links.
Company response
Remediation — B站
B站為此啟動專項維權行動，已下架近百則連結。
Source excerpt
中國影音社群平台「嗶哩嗶哩」（bilibili，俗稱B站）昨（31）日發布公告，指近期部分女性UP主被惡意合成暴露照片，甚至影片上傳至海外平台，B站為此啟動專項維權行動，已下架近百則連結。
2021
Anime and streamer remarks spark gender and content controversy; multiple brands suspend cooperation
In February 2021, the content of Bilibili's exclusive anime Mushoku Tensei and remarks by streamer LexBurner sparked community debate, and some brands stopped advertising cooperation. The platform removed the anime and banned the streamer involved, then responded that it would not disrespect users and carried out content rectification. This entry records platform content and governance controversy and does not find that all users endorsed the relevant content.
2021
Maimai and Bilibili settle unfair-competition dispute
Settlement
In Bilibili's unfair-competition lawsuit against Maimai, the two parties reached a court-mediated settlement. Under the settlement, Maimai submitted information about the poster involved and paid 80,000 yuan. Maimai stated that it had not used fake users to spread false and harmful statements and had not engaged in unfair competition. The dispute was resolved through court mediation rather than a contested judgment.
Maimai and Bilibili reached a court-mediated settlement in Bilibili’s unfair-competition lawsuit. Maimai submitted information about the poster and paid 80,000 yuan; Maimai said it had not used fake users to spread false and harmful statements or engaged in unfair competition.
Company response
Clarification — 脉脉
脉脉不存在利用虚假用户发布传播虚假不良言论、构成不正当竞争的行为。
Source excerpt
经法院调解，脉脉依法向法院提交涉案发布者信息，赔偿8万元，最终达成和解。
脉脉与 哔哩哔哩已在法院的调解下达成和解，脉脉不存在利用虚假用户发布传播虚假不良言论、构成不正当竞争的行为。
2021
Court supports Bilibili subsidiary’s claim in dispute with Maimai
Ruling
In a dispute between Bilibili subsidiary Kuanyu and Taoyou, the operator of Maimai, Kuanyu accused Taoyou of harming its commercial reputation and corporate image. The court presumed that Kuanyu’s claim that Taoyou had posted the comment was established after Taoyou refused to provide the poster’s identity. The ruling addressed the attribution of the comment at issue in the dispute.
In a dispute in which Bilibili’s subsidiary Kuanyu accused Taoyou, the operator of Maimai, of harming its commercial reputation and corporate image, the court presumed that Kuanyu’s claim that Taoyou had posted the comment was established after Taoyou refused to provide the poster’s identity.
Source excerpt
宽娱公司认为该言论损害了自身的商业信誉和企业形象，但是因为淘友公司拒绝提供发布者个人信息，因此法院推定宽娱公司主张涉案评论系淘友公司发布之主张成立。
据了解，事情起因是一名在脉脉平台上认证为“哔哩哔哩员工”的帐号发布了“B站，能睡小姐姐。我睡了四个”言论，该言论被列为热门评论，引起其他脉脉用户的关注。
2016
Regulatory criticism of danmaku content
China's Ministry of Culture criticized the potential for scrolling comments to spread hateful or inappropriate content quickly, highlighting moderation risks associated with the format.
2012
Unauthorized anime broadcasting penalty
A Fate/Zero webcast arrangement was halted after several episodes because of authorization and internet-audiovisual broadcasting issues. The operating company was fined by local authorities.