China Declares War on Internet Pornography

Posted by Zonk on Sunday January 1, 2006 @01:37AM from the year-of-the-turtle dept.

segphault writes "The Chinese government has shut down nearly 600 pornographic web sites, and arrested over 200 people for distributing "obscene" content. The Chinese government has also started performing covert surveillance of mobile phone text messages in order to crack down on banking fraud and prostitution organized and perpetrated with text messages. Ars Technica has the story: 'With more than 100 million Internet users, China has the second largest population of web content consumers after the United States. Although the Chinese government promotes web use for business, education, and government activity, the communist regime has committed its resources to crushing web sites that challenge government authority, or distribute content that the government considers to be detrimental to society'"

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Re:I believe this is nothing new for china by geminidomino · 2006-01-01 17:44 · Score: 0, Flamebait

If you think the Bible is porn, wait until you see this anatomy textbook I've got! Talk about your playmate of the month!

In other news: The Bush Administration has urged Congress to pass a bill to declare "terrorists" anyone possessing a copy of "Gray's Anatomy."