Personal attacks and malicious postings are an increasing problem on social media, and steps should be taken to provide a safer cyberenvironment, experts said at a seminar in Beijing on Tuesday.

Online posts with malicious content should be deleted, and people who post these comments should be held responsible, said Wang Xuming, vice-chairman of the Society on Modernization of the Chinese Language.

The seminar, organized by the Cyberspace Administration of China, included discussion on how to regulate online comments.