Censorship in China
Chinese authorities have arrested 868 people in a crackdown on the sex industry
R E L A T E D   C O N T E N T
ADVERTISEMENT

China cracks down on web porn

44,000 sites closed and 868 people arrested ahead of Olympics

Iain Thomson, vnunet.com 23 Jan 2008
ADVERTISEMENT

Chinese authorities have shut down 44,000 porn sites and arrested 868 people in a crackdown on the domestic sex industry ahead of the Beijing Olympics.

State media reported that 524 criminal cases are pending as part of the crackdown, and that 1,911 people were censured for "internet pornography activities".

The news came during a teleconference jointly organised by the Ministry of Public Security, the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and 11 other central departments.

A statement from the meeting said that "pornographic sources" were located in foreign countries and regions, while China was the "soil" for the growth of pornographic sites.

In one incident, a webcam site run from servers in Taiwan was closed and 33 people were arrested.

"This operation started up in the second half of 2006 and took in more than one million yuan [£71,000] in just three months," state media said.

The police have also investigated message boards and have deleted over 440,000 pornographic messages. The crackdown will continue until after the Olympics in September.

See also:

Operators advised to offer 'wide variety' of explicit content  27 Nov 2007
BaiduThird of all video searches on Baidu are for 'adult' material  22 Nov 2007
Perfect 10 claims search engine to blame for copyright infringment  10 Aug 2007
Rural markets remain virtually untapped, says analyst  13 Jul 2007
Majority of adult sites viewed in China are hosted on overseas servers  21 Jun 2007

All Ecommerce

Like this story? Spread the news by clicking below:

Post this to Delicious del.icio.us    Post this to Digg Digg this    Post this to reddit reddit!

Permalink for this story

M A R K E T P L A C E
Sponsored links
F E A T U R E D   J O B S
| Greythorn IT
Leading Mobile Network vendore is currently seeking a Process consultant for a positions based either in the Middle east or Africa. We are looking for around 10 years experience with at least 5 years business ... more >
| Greythorn IT
Tier 1 Network solutions provider is currently seeking an experienced Telecommunications sales manager to work in their Abu Dhabi office. There is a brilliant benefits package as well as an attractive salary available for the ... more >
| Greythorn IT
Leading network solutions provider in Egypt is currently seeking and experienced Egyptian Network Operation /Supervision Engineer. There are competitive packages and attractive benefits package on offer for the right candidate. You will be responsible to ... more >
| Greythorn IT
A leading network Solutions vendor is currently seeking an Egyptian national to act as a Service Assurance manager out of their Egyptian office. Ideally we are looking for someone with Vendor based experience however other ... more >
More job opportunities