BEIJING: Ride-hailing service Didi Global Inc., which made its US stock market debut last week, was ordered by Chinese regulators to remove its app from online stores while the company overhauls its handling of customer data.

Dozens of social media and e-commerce companies have been told to handle customer information more carefully as the Communist Party tightens control over their influential industries. Some have been told to collect less information.

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