China to go after gambling sites
p2pnet.net News:- China, home to some of the world’s most enthusiastic gamblers, says having drastically reduced the number of porn pages since the summer, it’s about to crack down on, “other illegal web sites including those for gambling and superstitious activities”.
China’s Ministry of Public Security has “rewarded a number of informers” for providing information that, “helped to uncover 254 criminal cases and capture 445 suspects,” says State news agency Xinhuanet, going on:
“Since the web site, www.china.cn was opened June 10 by the ISC [Internet Society of China], it has received 95,000 reports of pornographic and other illegal web sites”.
Some 1,129 pornographic web sites have been closed since China launched its anti-porn campaign in July, together with 1,278 undefined “illegal” web sites, and 114 pages, “promoting gambling, superstitious activities and cult propaganda,” says the story, adding:
“With the closures, the on-line reports on the illegal web sites have declined to 17.4 percent from 67 percent when the crackdown began.”
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See:-
porn pages – China closes 1,129 porn web sites, Xinhuanet, December 22, 2004
anti-porn campaign – China ramps up Net-porn war, p2pnet, September 6, 2004
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