Recently it emerged that the domain of the well-known Chinese blog Lu Songsong, lusongsong.com, had its DNS resolution suspended because the site carried content in violation of regulations. After the offending content was removed, the block was lifted and access restored.
Logging into Tencent Cloud showed that lusongsong.com had been blocked by the system for a policy violation:
Here’s the SMS notice Tencent Cloud sent:
Dear Tencent Cloud user, hello! The DNS service under your Tencent Cloud account xxxxx contains content in violation of relevant laws, regulations and policies; lusongsong.com has been restricted from access. Once you’ve completed remediation, you may submit a ticket or contact your dedicated account manager to request manual unblocking. Details at the link. Thank you for your understanding and support!
Violation type: regulated content
Lu Songsong then reviewed all previous blog content, deleted the relevant articles, and applied to have domain resolution restored.
A reminder to every webmaster: site oversight is getting stricter, and it isn’t only your own content — comments from readers can’t contain unlawful content either, or the whole site gets pulled down with it. Anything in the regulated-content category is a red line you must not touch.