Population rallies in war against Internet porn
4/5/2007 11:39
Police have received more than 13,000 reports about Internet smut since China
launched a campaign to restrict the spread of online pornography on April
12. The number of reports about pornographic Websites has increased from
about 300 to nearly 700 every day. And 31 percent of reports received by police
in this period were about pornographic Websites, according to the Ministry of
Public Security. "The fight against pornographic Websites has won wide
support from Chinese people," said an MPS official. A computer teacher,
surnamed Jiang, from east Zhejiang Province said: "I'm disgusted by the
pornographic material on the Internet, and deeply worried about the impact on
children. We really need to crack down on Internet crimes and pornography and
create a clean and healthy cyberspace for youngsters." China has about 123
million Internet users, most of whom are young people. Wu Heping, spokesman
of the MPS, said recently that preliminary statistics show that nearly 80
percent of juvenile delinquents have been lured into crime by Internet
content. "In a high proportion of cheating, rape or robbery cases involving
young people, the Internet is a factor," Wu said. Chinese police last week
said they had arrested a 21-year-old student for running five pornographic
Websites with 210,000 registered users. Police have closed 1,450 porn Websites
online since the launch of the campaign.
(Xinhua)
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