China Takes Action on Thousands of internet sites for 'Harmful', Obscene Content

China Takes Action on Thousands of internet sites for 'Harmful', Obscene Content
China has stop working or "dealt with" thousands of internet sites for sharing "harmful" titillating or obscene content since April, the state's workplace for combating porno and misappropriated publications proclaimed on Thursday.

The workplace aforementioned two,500 websites were prosecuted or stop working and over three million "harmful" posts were deleted in eight months up to Gregorian calendar month throughout a drive to "purify" the net in China and defend youth, the official Xinhua wire service according.

The government has been adjustment its grip on Chinese Net in recent months, especially putting new restrictions on the invasive live-streaming business.

The state contains a zero-tolerance approach to what it considers lewd, nasty or misappropriated content and has in past crackdowns removed tens of thousands of internet sites during a single year.

Two in style news websites were additionally tarred-and-feathered for spreading "illegal" content, Xinhua according. It failed to elaborate.


Aside from live-streaming, the workplace worked aboard the Ministry of security, the ministry of business and knowledge Technology and also the Net Administration of China to focus on cloud storage, chat apps and "vulgar" videos.

Social media platforms became a key tool for spreading misappropriated content and mobile pay platforms as well as Alipay and WeChat pay have allowed people to create huge profits, the workplace aforementioned.

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