Mobile Phones: Last Bastion of Questionable Content?

Jan 22, 2009
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China plans to clean up porn and other "low-brow" content spread via handsets, reports chinanews.com.cn quoting a meeting held on Wednesday by seven government departments. By January 21, 1,250 websites had been closed and 3.2 million pieces of information had been deleted for disseminating questionable content.

The meeting was convened by the State Council Information Office, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Culture, the State Administration for Industry & Commerce (SAIC), the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) and the General Administration of Press and Publications (GAPP).

Tags: gapp, general administration of press and publications, internet, miit, ministry of culture, ministry of industry and information technology, ministry of public security, saic, sarft, sp, state administration for industry & commerce, state administration of radio, film and television, state council information office, wvas

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Mobile Phones: Last Bastion of Questionable Content?
January 22, 2009: China plans to clean up porn and other "low-brow" content spread via handsets, reports chinanews.com.cn quoting a meeting held on Wednesday by seven government departments. By January 21, 1,250 websites had been closed and 3.2 million pieces of information had been deleted for disseminating questionable content. The meeting was convened by the State Council Information Office, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Culture, the…

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