Post-Quake, China Cuts Access to Entertainment Web Sites

Posted by timothy on Sunday May 18, 2008 @11:47AM from the perhaps-a-good-thing dept.

thefickler writes "The Chinese Government has issued orders that all entertainment web sites and regular television programming be shut down completely for the next 3 days. Only web sites covering the recent tragic 7.8 magnitude earthquake and television stations broadcasting CCTV earthquake programming will be allowed to remain live." Can anyone with Web access in China confirm this report? From an AP story on the state of communications in the country right now, it appears at least that China is (despite ongoing monitoring) allowing freer than usual communications in the wake of the quake.

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Re:Whats the point? by Handover+Phist · 2008-05-18 12:36 · Score: 1, Troll

Not to mention that the less people are able to sit and watch TV or surf the net, the more people are available to remove the rubble and rebuild homes and businesses. In at least that POV the decision actually makes sense!