Online porn crackdown to create healthy cyberspace
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E-mail Xinhua, April 21, 2014
China's latest crackdown on online pornography is crucial to the development of the internet, experts have said.
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Justice has long arms [By Jiao Haiyang/China.org.cn] |
Bu Xiting, an official at the Communication University of China, says the campaign is a sign of the government's determination to create a healthy cyberspace. "It shows that China is taking an important step toward the rule of law in the virtual world," Bu said.
China has built up the world's biggest population of internet users in decades of breakneck internet development.
Forums, websites and online game ads have exerted a bad influence by promoting themselves with sexual content, which is why the government needs to step in, he said. Last Sunday, China launched a sweeping campaign against the spread of online pornography.
Called "Cleaning the Web 2014," the campaign will carry out thorough checks on websites, search engines and mobile application stores, Internet TV USB sticks, and set-top boxes, according to the National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications.
All online texts, pictures, videos and advertisements with pornographic content will be deleted, it said.
Websites, web channels and columns will be shut down or have their administrative license revoked if they produce or spread pornography, it said.
Websites, telecom operators and web portals were told to examine their own work immediately and clean up illegal information and links.
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