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China targets big Websites in porn crackdown
By Li Xinran |
January 5, 2009, Monday
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SEVEN government agencies have launched a nationwide crackdown targeting Google, Baidu and other major Websites for alleged spreading online pornography and vulgarity.
The Ministry of Public Security and six other departments including the State Council Information Office and General Administration of Press and Publication have decided to clean vulgar content from the domestic online community.
A video conference on the issue was held today.
Nineteen Web portals were singled out for not deleting improper content which violated public morality and harmed the physical and mental health of young people, according to authorities.
Google and Baidu were the top two on the list, followed by Sina.com, Sohu.com, Tencent and Netease.com.
Baidu dominates the Chinese Web search and advertising market with an estimated two-thirds of the audience. Google, the global market leader, is a distant number two in China.
"Some Websites have exploited loopholes in laws and regulations," said Cai Mingzhao, a deputy chief of the State Council Information Office, who chaired the meeting.
"They have used all kinds of ways to distribute content that is low-class, crude and even vulgar," Cai said.
Violators may face severe punishment, according to Cai.
A Tencent employee, who would not disclose her name, told Shanghai Daily the mainland's biggest instant messaging provider planned to cut vulgar content by using special technology and human monitoring.
Shanghai police have detained a local woman who became an online sensation after posting a video of herself having sex.
The Ministry of Public Security and six other departments including the State Council Information Office and General Administration of Press and Publication have decided to clean vulgar content from the domestic online community.
A video conference on the issue was held today.
Nineteen Web portals were singled out for not deleting improper content which violated public morality and harmed the physical and mental health of young people, according to authorities.
Google and Baidu were the top two on the list, followed by Sina.com, Sohu.com, Tencent and Netease.com.
Baidu dominates the Chinese Web search and advertising market with an estimated two-thirds of the audience. Google, the global market leader, is a distant number two in China.
"Some Websites have exploited loopholes in laws and regulations," said Cai Mingzhao, a deputy chief of the State Council Information Office, who chaired the meeting.
"They have used all kinds of ways to distribute content that is low-class, crude and even vulgar," Cai said.
Violators may face severe punishment, according to Cai.
A Tencent employee, who would not disclose her name, told Shanghai Daily the mainland's biggest instant messaging provider planned to cut vulgar content by using special technology and human monitoring.
Shanghai police have detained a local woman who became an online sensation after posting a video of herself having sex.
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