E-Business China Says Google and Baidu Push Vulgar Content – CIO Today

China launched a crackdown of “vulgar and pornographic” Internet content. China launched a crackdown of “vulgar and pornographic” Internet content. Targeting Google and Baidu, China’s government says vulgar content on the Internet is harming its youth. China’s Ministry of Public Security and six other government agencies launched the campaign on Monday. The government “decided to launch a nationwide campaign to clean up a vulgar current on the Internet and named and exposed a large number of violating public morality and harming the physical and mental health of youth and young people,” said a report on state television. According to Leslie Harris, CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology, China is trying to flex its muscles. read more

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