Tuesday, January 13, 2009

China cracks down on "vulgar" internet sites...

 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...

See also:

  1. Vietnam cracks down on bloggers, journalists...
  2. China has more than 50 million bloggers!!!
  3. Microsoft crows about China's harsh sentences to software pirates...
  4. Uproar over Great Aussie Firewall...

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