China’s official Internet regulatory group has imposed new rules forcing search engines to reject adult content. The new regulation bars search engines from collecting, disseminating or linking to any websites with “illegal or inappropriate” content, and that includes all pornography.
A Chinese adult webmaster was sentenced to more than ten years in prison this week for his participation in hosting and spreading online pornography in China. Zhang Hongqiang was convicted after he created a website called “Adult Empire” and sold disks of content from it.
Continuing its assault on adult entertainment, China sentenced four men to up to two-and-a-half years in jail for running a pornographic website, China’s official English-language newspaper reported Friday. The men had been arrested in August during China’s crackdown on Internet pornography.
In another wave of its massive campaign to censor the Internet, Chinese officials have shut down 700 online-adult sites in the last two weeks. No details were given on the cases Tuesday, the official Xinhua News Agency said, but 224 suspects have been detained since July 16.
By suspending new licenses and ordering local officials to crack down on unregistered operations, lawmakers are reacting to concerns over unfettered and anonymous access to the Web
