China has widened an Internet crackdown on “vulgar” content to target 14 new sites, including Microsoft's MSN, and chided fellow American giant Google for not doing enough to clean up.
China's ruling Communist Party is wary of threats to its grip on information and has conducted numerous censorship efforts targeting pornography, political criticism and web scams, but officials flagged tougher steps this time.
MSN was cited for the large amount of inappropriate images on its film channel and some “selected pictures” in its social messaging section on a list posted on the Web site of the government-supported China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Center. More...
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