China widens restriction on Internet pornography
MSN was cited for the large amount of inappropriate images on its film channel and some selected pictures in its social messaging section, including 13 others. Google officials said that they have abided by the regulations set by the government.
GO TO any Internet café, put some words in search engine and there are numerous pornographic sites on the screen. This is not over, you may search a picture and you will watch porn directly. These all are a click away. There is no restriction for any age group. Easy access. This is what provokes communist China, resulting in tightening censorship on these types of search engines. That’s why China has widened restrictions on ‘obscene’ and ‘vulgar’ contents on sites. For it has put 14 sites under scanner, including Microsoft’s MSN and chided fellow American giant Google for not doing enough to clean up its pages.
These sites had failed to swiftly purge ‘vulgar’ content and ignored warnings from censors, according to government officials. Government projected campaign, launched earlier this week, originally accused 19 sites including search engines Baidu and Google of undermining public morality. Government cites Baidu, a local net search engine dominating domestic market, has done some cleaning up, but still has a large amount of vulgar content.
MSN was cited for the large amount of inappropriate images on its film channel and some selected pictures in its social messaging section, including 13 others. Google officials said that they have abided by the regulations set by the government. Ruling party in China has its grip over information and that’s why it has conducted numerous censorship efforts targeting pornography and political criticism. But this time it has taken tougher steps to regulate web and netiquette.
Beijing apparently plans to hold them to their promises of not putting objectionable pictures on web pages that are easily accessible. Given censorship is common in China against any issue not in favour of the ruling ideology. Now, it’s up to web organisations what turn they will take and what the next development is going to be.
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