China's Web porn arrests include tech-savvy site owners

Posted in: Censorship at 13/07/2009 22:38

[IDG] Chinese porn site owners who tried to hide from Web police by moving their illegal ventures to foreign servers are the latest victims in China's crackdown on online smut.

The latest arrests or detainments go a step beyond past Chinese measures to combat online porn, which conservative officials see as an assault on cultural values. Pornography is illegal in China.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/071309-chinas-web-porn-arrests-include.html

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