beijing china cyber watchdog hand maximum penalties several country top tech firm include tencent hold ltd 0700.hk baidu inc bidu.o weibo corp wb.o fail properly censor online content rebuke come china step censorship security efforts ahead 19th national congress communist party major leadership conference hold every five years notice post cyberspace administration china monday say firm would receive maximum penalty fail remove fake news pornography well content incite ethic tension threaten social order first time cac levy maximum fin tech firm new law introduce june seek tighten grip internet internet operate outside law ... cac seriously implement new cybersecurity law regulations increase territorial supervision enforcement efforts regard internet say cac notice detail exact sum penalties rule cite notice individuals charge platforms others directly involve face maximum penalty 100,000 yuan 15,110 law also stipulate offend platforms license revoke service suspend fail comply measure result investigation launch last month cac target country popular social media service include tencent wechat weibo microblogging service whose combine register users exceed billion early month cyber watchdog also introduce new regulations require message apps create credit score low punish restrict users post offensive content rule take effect october also make users legally liable content deem illegal recent notice cac say illegal content include article misinterpret government policy twist history chinese communist party flaunt excessive wealth accord monday notice firm require undertake immediate rectifications remove illegal content account well increase content audit measure china 's cyber watchdog impose top fin tech firm censorship