FC2 (portal)

Japanese blogging host
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FC2
Type of site
Blog, Video hosting service
Available inJapanese (primary), English, Chinese, Thai, Korean, German, Spanish, Russian, French, Indonesian, Portuguese, Vietnamese[1]
SubsidiariesVeoh Networks, Inc.
URLfc2.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired for many services, Free or Premium
LaunchedJuly 20, 1999; 24 years ago (1999-07-20)
Current statusActive

FC2 (founded July 20, 1999) is a popular Japanese blogging host, the third most popular video hosting service in Japan (after YouTube and Niconico) and a web hosting company headquartered in the Netherlands.[2] It is the 11th most popular website in Japan overall (as of January 2018).[3]

Overview

FC2 is a US corporation, and according to an interview article by representative Takahiro Rihiro published in the magazine "Yahoo! Internet Guide" May issue in 2006, as of 2006, It is run by two people, his brother Takahashi Takahiro and his younger brother Takahashi Riyo, with 17 full-time employees and approximately 30 part-time staff.[citation needed]

Business

It offers free and paid various web services in various languages such as Japanese, including rental server, domain, blog, chat, access analysis, bulletin board, diary, access counter, SNS, etc.

The same ID and password can be used in the service of F.[citation needed] It is characterized that service addition can be registered with one ID.

Decreased number of users

According to a survey by Nielsen in 2016, the number of PC users dropped to 8th in Japan (3rd from 2014 to 2015), and the number of users decreased.[4][5][6]

List of services

Hosting

Streaming

SNS

E-commerce

Tools

Controversy

Due to FC2's physical presence in the United States, it has been known to allow hosting of not limited but including pornographic, pirated, and slanderous contents but is being enforced with strict rules.[7][8][9][10] Until 2012 it was very difficult to sue and get FC2 to release information on its users. This changed somewhat with an amendment to Japan's Code of Civil Procedure for foreign entities operating in Japan in 2012 and the ensuing injunctions that followed against FC2.[11]

References

  1. ^ "FC2 - About Us". Retrieved January 15, 2014.
  2. ^ "FC2 - About Us". Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  3. ^ "Alexa Top Sites in Japan". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  4. ^ "TOPS OF 2016: DIGITAL IN JAPAN ～ニールセン2016年 日本のインターネットサービス利用者数ランキングを発表～ | ニュースリリース | ニールセン デジタル株式会社". www.netratings.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  5. ^ "TOPS OF 2015: DIGITAL IN JAPAN ～ニールセン2015年 日本のインターネットサービス利用者数ランキングを発表～ | ニュースリリース | ニールセン デジタル株式会社". www.netratings.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  6. ^ "TOPS OF 2014: DIGITAL IN JAPAN ～ニールセン2014年 日本のインターネットサービス利用者数ランキングを発表～ | ニュースリリース | ニールセン デジタル株式会社". www.netratings.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  7. ^ "Japan's Code of Civil Procedure law revised to force lawless FC2 to disclose information on its users" (in Japanese). Retrieved January 15, 2014.
  8. ^ "Lawless FC2 in the news again due to its 'FC2 Talk' dating application" (in Japanese). 2013-03-10. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
  9. ^ "Illegal content found in the parasitic Niconico clone 'Sunflower Videos' app" (in Japanese). 2013-03-03. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
  10. ^ "No excuse even for the long time users! FC2 Blog enforces strict rules". Nikkan Cyzo(In Japanese). 21 March 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  11. ^ "Information disclosure injunction sent to overseas blog management company" (in Japanese). 2013-02-24. Archived from the original on March 10, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2014.

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