p2pnet - rss feed: China wages online porn war
p2pnet.net News:- Lack of adequate sex education in China is one of the principal reasons for visits to porno web sites, says the state Xinhua News Agency.
“Curious students are therefore often forced to turn to porn websites, video tapes and cartoons for answers.”
In the first 10 days of China’s anti-porn campaign, nearly 700 pornographic websites have been taken down in Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing municipalities and Liaoning and Guangdong provinces, says the story.
The sites “involved production, trade and dissemination of lewd movies, still and video pictures, and arrangements of pornographic performances via chat room services,” says ‘public authorities.
“Some of them even made use of juvenile education networks for porn services,” says the report.
Chinese ISPs must now use a ‘real-name’ registration system and are “forbidden to collect service charges for pornographic websites,” says Xinhua, continuing:
“Those violating the rules will be placed on a blacklist by local telecom supervisory authorities. Internet cafes are requested to install special software to keep lewd information away from web surfers. Meanwhile, informant centers, hotlines and email services have been launched in many areas to solicit complaints about the Internet porn business.”
But Chinese porn sites aren’t the only ones likely to fall. “Lewd overseas websites” are soon to be targetted as well.
“With the anti-porn campaign proceeding quickly, some officials and experts have warned that importance should not only be placed on this special operation, but also on the establishment of a long-term mechanism for ensuring a clean cyberspace,” says Xinhua.
“To this end, high technology will play a vital role, as it can be used not only to crack down on domestic Internet porn, but also to block lewd overseas websites. Existing and developing technology should be sufficient to ensure the Chinese government’s triumph in its campaign, a researcher with the state lab on national information security said on condition of anonymity.
“Some experts believe rampant web porn services to be partly the result of weak ethics education among the young people, particularly minors.”
Recent statistics show that among the 87 million surfers in China, more than 30% are students, and some 50% are under the age of 24, and:
“Of the minor netizens, 46 percent often visited lewd websites.”
Traditionally, Chinese parents haven’t discuss sex with their children and, “Many are still reluctant to do so,” says Xinhua, adding:
“Last year, China Social Survey, a well-known domestic sociological research firm, conducted a survey in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenyang and some other major Chinese cities. The findings showed that 92.5 percent of the students investigated have encountered sex-related problems, but only 2.6 percent got answers from their parents.
“Sex education is almost absent in universities and colleges, though related courses, limited to basic physiological knowledge, have been arranged in middle schools. Currently, only a few Chinese universities have lectures on sex education in China. Curious students are therefore often forced to turn to porn websites, video tapes and cartoons for answers.”
