China to boost ‘porn’ censorship campaign
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- ‘Online porn #2 on China Top 10 list’ said a p2pnet headline on December 30.
“What is really messed up is that cracking down on file sharing websites was a higher priority on the list than cracking down on human trafficking,” said a Reader’s Write.
That’s because Hollywood and Big Music have, with the approval and full cooperation of the last four US administrations, been able to elevate copyright infringement, hitherto a relatively minor commercial matter, to the level of major crime.
And in another comment, “China Arrests 5,394 People in Internet Porn Sweep,” says Melina, linking to a Mashable story, which states >>>
2009 saw its share of stories about the Chinese government’s attempt to “filter” the internet for its citizens, including blocking popular social sites, mandating blocking software on all PCs sold in the country, petitioning Google to remove content from its Chinese index, and more.
The net result? 5,394 arrests and 4,186 criminal case investigations during 2009 — four times more than in the previous year.
Critics say the drive is a “tool to deepen censorship of political views expressed through user-generated content, and that the campaign is as much about taking control over new media as about cracking down on internet porn,” Mashable says, noting banned sites include YouTube, Twitter, Flickr and Facebook.
The anti-pornography drive will be “intensified in the coming year” and “punishments for violators: will be “even more severe,” the story adds.
Here’s the list we mentioned earlier:
- Chongqing triad
- Online porn
- Drunk driving
- Mobile porn
- Soccer scandals
- File-sharing websites
- Human trafficking
- xxxxxxxx
- Celebrity endorsements
- Phone scams
Number 8? “… wandering around the neighborhoods in pajamas”.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi
p2pnet – Online porn #2 on China Top 10 lista, December 30, 2009
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