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China launches 'people's war' against porn on the Internet BEIJING, Monday (AFP) China has launched a "people's war" against pornography on the Internet, giving websites a deadline until September to rid themselves of indecent content, state media said Monday. Officials have so far identified 500 websites across China that carry pornographic pictures and film clips, the China Daily reported. Zhou Yongkang, the minister of public security, has vowed to crack down on the activities and severely punish those found guilty of violating the law, according to the paper. President Hu Jintao has gone one step further, saying a "people's war" must be waged against pornography on the Internet. It appears the Chinese have answered their president's call, filing a total of 22,000 complaints on a dedicated government website set up to make it easier for the public to report online wrongdoing. The vast majority of these complaints - 95 percent - have been about websites with pornographic content. Hundreds of websites, including the most influential ones, publish "indecent or even pornographic content" to attract users, the Xinhua news agency reported, without giving examples. |
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