Yahoo Japan operator, Line merge to take on foreign tech giants
Z Holdings Corp., operator of Yahoo Japan online services, and messaging app provider Line Corp. merged on Monday to expand their online services globally as they aim to better compete with U.S. and Chinese tech giants.
With a combined user base of about 150 million in Japan, the merger of Z Holdings, a SoftBank Group Corp. subsidiary, and Line will make it one of the biggest information technology companies in the country.
Kentaro Kawabe (L), president of Z Holdings Corp, operator of Yahoo Japan online services, and messaging app provider Line Corp President Takeshi Idezawa are pictured at a press conference in Tokyo on March 1, 2021. (Kyodo)
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The company will make public details, including the number of deleted posts as well as internal systems and rules pertaining to the removal, by releasing reports on a regular basis.
“We will make all-out efforts to deter and curb harmful posts,” said Kentaro Kawabe, president of Z Holdings Corp., the parent company of Yahoo Japan.
Yahoo Japan unveiled the measures after receiving a set of recommendations from a panel of experts who had discussed ways to tackle defamatory online posts.
The death in May of Kimura, a 22-year-old professional wrestler, sent shock waves across the nation. Police say she received around 300 hateful messages from approximately 200 accounts and believe the messages were what prompted her to take her own life.
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