China blacklists Google as purveyor of porn
 Google is among web sites blacklisted by China because they, “provide and spread pornographic or obscene contents”.Baidu, China’s ‘Google,’ is also named, as are major local portals such as Sina, Sohu and Netease. “This marks a month-long nationwide campaign launched by the
Information Office of the State Council, Ministry of Public Security
and other four central government departments to clean up the online
environment,” says China state news agency Xinhua. “Those websites were accused of either providing links to
pornographic websites or containing porn pictures and failed to take
them down after being notified by China Internet Illegal Information
Reporting Center(CIIRC),” it says, going on »»» Online
porn and obscene contents are against China’s social morals and in
violation of the Chinese law, which bring negative influences on the
public, especially the young, Cai Mingzhao, deputy director of the
State Council Information Office, told a national teleconference Monday
on the government move. “The
government will continue to expose, punish or even shut down those
infamous websites that refuse to correct their wrongdoing,” the meeting
was told. “Immediate action is needed to purify the internet
environment.” Google in
Chinese has provided “a large number of links to porn websites” in its
searching results for web pages and images and it did not take any
effective measures after receiving notice from the CIIRC, the CIIRC
said.
Google China PR person Cui Jin, “told Xinhua that providing website
links does not mean Google is intentional in spreading inappropriate
information,” adds the story.
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