China Shuts Down 598 Porn Sites
Techtree News Staff Email Print
Jan 1, 2006
In a win-win for China in its battle against Internet pornography, Chinese public security authorities have reportedly shut-down 598 porn Web sites, and eradicated 35 porn domain names, from September till November 2005.
Since September, the Ministry of Public Security, in conjunction with the State Council Information Office and the Ministry of Information Industry, has launched a nation-wide crack-down on Internet porn like online video chatting, etc.
All 20 major cases supervised by the Ministry of Public Security have been cracked, with 221 people detained by the Chinese police. However official sources point out that it will be difficult to wipe-out entirely, Web sites that are based outside of the country.
Zhao Shiqiang, vice head - internet security and supervision bureau, Ministry of Public Security, said that the spread of Web sites involving pornography has been brought under effective control; but harmful information on overseas sites can still be transmitted internally, and some people will try to use the Web for illegal activities.
Of late, China has been steadily tightening the noose around users of Internet; it has targeted violent Web-based games, spam, fraud, gambling, as also, posts that "instigate illegal gatherings, formation of associations, marches, demonstrations, or disturb social order".
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Techtree News Staff Email Print
Jan 1, 2006
In a win-win for China in its battle against Internet pornography, Chinese public security authorities have reportedly shut-down 598 porn Web sites, and eradicated 35 porn domain names, from September till November 2005.
Since September, the Ministry of Public Security, in conjunction with the State Council Information Office and the Ministry of Information Industry, has launched a nation-wide crack-down on Internet porn like online video chatting, etc.
All 20 major cases supervised by the Ministry of Public Security have been cracked, with 221 people detained by the Chinese police. However official sources point out that it will be difficult to wipe-out entirely, Web sites that are based outside of the country.
Zhao Shiqiang, vice head - internet security and supervision bureau, Ministry of Public Security, said that the spread of Web sites involving pornography has been brought under effective control; but harmful information on overseas sites can still be transmitted internally, and some people will try to use the Web for illegal activities.
Of late, China has been steadily tightening the noose around users of Internet; it has targeted violent Web-based games, spam, fraud, gambling, as also, posts that "instigate illegal gatherings, formation of associations, marches, demonstrations, or disturb social order".
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