China’s Anti-Porn Crusade
A highly publicized campaign against Internet pornography swept China in 2009, with 5,394 people arrested and 4,186 criminal investigations conducted against the circulation of "smutty and lewd pictures" -- a fourfold increase in smut cases compared with 2008.
A highly publicized campaign against Internet pornography swept China in 2009, with 5,394 people arrested and 4,186 criminal investigations conducted against the circulation of “smutty and lewd pictures” — a fourfold increase in smut cases compared with 2008.
Rooted in Truth.Reuters:
The Chinese government has run a highly publicized campaign against what officials said were banned smutty and lewd pictures overwhelming the country’s Internet and threatening the emotional health of children.
Chinese police said late on Thursday the crackdown on Internet pornography had brought 5,394 arrests and 4,186 criminal case investigations in 2009 — a fourfold increase in the number of such cases compared with 2008.
The announcement on the Ministry of Public Security’s website (www.mps.gov.cn) said the drive would deepen in 2010.
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