Chinese authorities have arrested today a top communications director at Chinese social media giant Weibo accused of taking bribes.
Mao Taotao, former senior public relations director at Weibo, was detained by police on suspicion of accepting bribes and committing fraud.
Weibo, part-owned by e-commerce giant
Mao joined Weibo in 2010 and was quickly promoted through the ranks of the marketing and public relations department, the company said.
Nasdaq-listed Weibo has seen stocks tumbled after Mao’s arrest.
Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter, has recently been under fire in the wake of a scandal involving Chinese-Canadian pop star
Wu has denied the allegations.
Following Wu’s arrest, the Chinese state-run People’s Daily criticised social media platforms for making celebrities out of “unworthy individuals” to generate traffic and money.
Weibo later took down its widely used feature “star power list”, which ranked celebrities based on the popularity of their posts and number of followers. The company said the decision was due to “irrational fan support.”
The group also announced policies to prevent sexual harassment in the office but was criticised by state media for no action until the accuser went public.
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