The Chinese government is starting 2009 with a crusade to make the Internet safe for its young population to surf without encountering pornography. While Beijing has previously tried to crack down on obscenity, this time government officials are using some of their harshest language yet, threatening actions against 19 Internet companies — including China’s most popular search engine, Baidu, and Google. Both Baidu and Google also offer blogging services that the government said had been used to distribute obscene content.
This is one issue that I agree with the Chinese Government on. Having pornography in the public domain is like having it posted on billboards around town. Of course children, and even adults, are adversely effected by watching porn. It is addictive, very addictive. And it can create dysfunctions between partners if relationships.
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China Goes After Baidu, Google in Web Porn Crackdown
Posted by: Renay San Miguel January 5, 2009 01:53 PMThe Chinese government is starting 2009 with a crusade to make the Internet safe for its young population to surf without encountering pornography. While Beijing has previously tried to crack down on obscenity, this time government officials are using some of their harshest language yet, threatening actions against 19 Internet companies — including China’s most popular search engine, Baidu, and Google. Both Baidu and Google also offer blogging services that the government said had been used to distribute obscene content.