China brands Google as vulgar
CHINA LAUNCHED AN ANTI VULGARITY campaign yesterday to make things difficult some of the most used sites in the country, claiming that websites including Google and Baidu spread pornography across the Web.
The aim of China’s Ministry of Public Security and six other government agencies is to destroy these sites which are deemed inappropriate for their content.
The report said that the government had "decided to launch a nationwide campaign to clean up a vulgar current on the Internet and named and exposed a large number of [sites] violating public morality and harming the physical and mental health of youth and young people."
If this is the case then our youngsters are clearly doomed as our government has no such plans.
The charge involves 19 different internet operators which the country has accused of not only displaying and failing to remove this ‘vulgar’ content, but also for failing to pay attention to warnings from censors.
Cai Mingzhao, a deputy chief of the State Council Information Office, said that the sites have been sneaky in exploiting loopholes in the laws and regulations surrounding internet content as, "They have used all kinds of ways to distribute content that is low-class, crude and even vulgar, gravely damaging mores on the Internet."
Google should be shaking in its boots as the government has hinted that these violators might be exposed, punished or even shut down permanently.
Leslie Harris, CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology, said that this is simply a case of China exerting its power over others, yet if it really had such fearful issues it should go to the ISPs instead.
"I think China periodically engages in these tactics to try to pull everybody back in. I think China is losing control, and this is just a subterfuge to ratchet it up and see if they can get it back," she said.
So, although the Chinese authorities seem to think they can oust these evil and "gravely damaging" sites, it seems that others believe it won’t stick and the government is simply throwing its toys out of the pram… again. µ
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Everyone knows that eventually China will not manage to deny the chinese people of freedom. They have a right to browse whatever they want.
The more "defenses" they put up, the more it will feel like a prison.
Although many chinese people are indoctrinated by their regime, they will eventually wake up.
When over a billion people wake up, you need more than cornflakes to satisfy their appetite.
What is the value of readily accessible photo's of female private parts?
Freedom is freedom from not being persecuted. Freedom is not being harmed. The childish view of freedom is the one espoused by the commenting author, "someone special".
The next immature comment would be "who's to say your morality is my morality?" Morality is not something "personal" but is societal and is based upon tried and true principles. Moral development has its core the consideration of others before one's own biases and wants.
Yeah, I have looked at titty photos. More than once. I knew it was not healthy though. One of the virtues of Communism is the ability to shelter the vulnerable from being violated. Nationalized health care, education standards for all, and apparently protection of youth.
"I knew it was not healthy though. "
Huh?!? Now that's medieval....
I've lived and worked in China and other Asian countries. Humans are Humans and we all do the same things the same ways.....the difference in Asia is that "Private Matters" are done in Private. Sex is great in Asia and everyone has sex but they don't want to see it in public. I can fully understand their position.
I believe in freedom and Human dignity and think the government should do its job of insuring our economies and stay out of everything else.......but this one time I must lean towards the other side:
Do a Google, even for the most innocent of searches, and every possible result comes back including pornography and pedophilia content. This is done intentionally because Google knows that even if it wasn't requested most people will click a porno link if given an easy opportunity.
Keep Google and all the Net free but hold them responsible for their business decisions.
I really hate china. Seriously, fuck the chinese. What kind of idiot blames Google for the results it finds? Are they daft enough not to realize that Google doesn't actually host any of these websites, they just provide the capability to search through them?
To all those who believe it's the government's duty to rid the net of vulgarity, I disagree. Besides I regularly use Google, and I'm hardly ever assaulted by links to nudey pics. It's a moot point though.
This isn't about porn. The Central Government is pulling a veil over your heads, and anybody in China, like myself, knows that "vulgarity" means vulgarity but it's also code for any criticism or unscripted discussion of the government. Yes, free countries of the world ought to be more concerned with their own problems and misdoings (like invading sovereign nations), but they shouldn't be apologists for China's injustices and annoyances.