Article 46 Any individual or entity shall be responsible for their use of the network, but shall neither create a
website or set up a group for communications for illegal and criminal activities, such as defrauding, passing
on crime methods, or producing or selling prohibited or controlled goods, nor disclose information by taking
advantage of the network that is related to such illegal and criminal activities as defrauding and producing or
selling prohibited or controlled goods.
Article 47 Network operators shall strengthen the management of the information published by their users,
and upon discovery of the information whose publication or transmission is prohibited by the laws and
administrative regulations, shall immediately stop the transmission of such information, take disposal
measures such as deletion to prevent the information from spreading, save relevant records, and report the
same to the relevant competent departments.
Article 48 The electronic information sent by and application software provided by any individual or
organization shall neither be installed with malwares, nor contain any information whose publication or
transmission is prohibited by laws and administrative regulations.
Electronic information distribution service providers and application software download service providers
shall fulfill their security administration duties; and where the said providers learn that their users have
conducted behaviors stipulated in the preceding paragraph, they shall stop the provision of services, take
disposal measures such as deletion, keep relevant records and report the same to the relevant competent
departments.
Article 49 Network operators shall set up complaint and reporting systems for network information security,
disclose the ways of complaint and reporting and other information, and promptly accept and handle
complaints and reports related to network information security.
Network operators shall cooperate with the supervision and detection implemented by cyberspace
administration authorities and the relevant departments according to the law.
Article 50 The national cyberspace administration authority and relevant departments shall fulfill their
obligations of supervising and managing cybersecurity information in accordance with the law, and upon
discovery of any information whose publication or transmission is prohibited by laws and administrative
regulations, shall request the network operators to stop the transmission, take disposal measures such as
deletion, and keep relevant records; for the above information sourced from outside the territory of the
People's Republic of China, they shall notify the relevant organizations to take technological measures and
other necessary measures to block the transmission.
Chapter V Monitoring, Early Warning and Emergency Disposal
Article 51 The State shall establish a cybersecurity monitoring and early warning and information notification
system. The national cyberspace administration authority shall coordinate with the relevant departments to
strengthen the work on collection, analysis and notification of cybersecurity information under an overall
plan, and shall uniformly release cybersecurity monitoring and early warning information in accordance with
regulations.
Article 52 The departments responsible for protecting critical information infrastructure security shall
establish and perfect the cybersecurity monitoring and early warning and information notification system for
their respective industry or field, and submit the cybersecurity monitoring and early warning and information
notification in accordance with the relevant provisions.
Article 53 The national cyberspace administration authority shall coordinate with the relevant departments
to establish and perfect the cybersecurity risk evaluation and emergency work mechanism, make
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