A nationwide campaign against
pornography on the web that was launched on July 16 by the Ministry
of Public Security and 13 other agencies has already shut down
hundreds of sites.
By July 25, 151 investigations had been opened and 134 resolved. A
total of 224 apprehensions had been made, with 177 people detained,
15 released on bail and 32 approved for arrest.
Between July 16 and 25, 700 porn websites were shut down by public
security bureaus in major cities across the country like Beijing,
Shanghai,
Chongqing,
Shenyang?and?Guangzhou.
Public security officials are targeting people involved in six
types of operations in this campaign: those who operate websites
containing pornography; people who produce, purchase and issue
pornographic films, videotapes and photos; those who organize
chatroom porn performances; individuals who provide foreign
pornography website links; people who provide minors with porn
information or activities; as well as people who organize or
introduce crimes like gambling and prostitution through the
Internet.
"With the monitoring of the pornography information on websites
reinforced, the bureaus of public security have been able to shut
down a number of websites," said Wu Mingshan, a veteran Ministry of
Public Security official and vice director of the National Campaign
Against Pornographic Websites Coordination Group Office. "Chinese
ISPs, ICPs and Internet cafes are requested to establish and
enhance their security monitoring systems. They are also required
to install security software to improve their preventive
measures."
(China.org.cn July 28, 2004)