{"id":142828,"date":"2025-12-22T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=142828"},"modified":"2025-12-22T10:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T10:00:14","slug":"china-bans-e-commerce-platforms-from-forcing-lowest-prices-or-abusing-algorithms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=142828","title":{"rendered":"China bans e-commerce platforms from forcing lowest prices or abusing algorithms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostChina has unveiled new rules to rein in aggressive pricing tactics by online platforms, prohibiting e-commerce operators from forcing merchants to offer discounts or setting different prices based on user demographics without consent.<br \/>\nThe 29-article regulation \u2013 jointly issued over the weekend by the National Development and Reform Commission, State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), and Cyberspace Administration of China \u2013 lays out detailed compliance requirements that target several&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/tech-trends\/article\/3337315\/china-bans-e-commerce-platforms-forcing-lowest-prices-or-abusing-algorithms?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostChina has unveiled new rules to rein in aggressive pricing tactics by online platforms, prohibiting e-commerce operators from forcing merchants to offer discounts or&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142828"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}