China continues internet crackdown
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Fines worth more than $12 million US were imposed on those establishments that allowed children to play violent or adult-only games and for other violations.
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Chinese are uploading more Internet videos of sex, scandal and protest. It's big business  -  and a headache for Beijing
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The level of state-led censorship of the net is growing around the world, according to a survey.
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China&#39;s Internet police took between five and eight hours to track down the new location of Reporters Without Borders&#39; Chinese language website and block it, the media freedom group said Wednesday.
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A high-profile government crackdown on Internet cafes in China resulted in the temporary closure of 18,000 Internet cafes between February and August, but few cafes were closed permanently, according to the official Xinhua news agency.
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SHANGHAI, China  - China has ordered severe punishment for phone sex operators as part of a sweeping crackdown on electronic pornography, Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday.
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(InfoWorld) - The Chinese government took steps during 2006 toÂ increase its controlÂ and monitoring of Internet access by the country's growing Internet population, the U.S. Department of State said in a human-rights report released on Tuesday. "While the government continued to encourage expanded use of the Internet, it also took steps to monitor its use, control content, restrict information, and punished those who violated regulations," the annual report said. Among the steps implemented by the government are stricter requirements for Web-site registration, greater official control over content, and a wider definition of what constitutes illegal activity online, it said. The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are published annually by the State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. ChinaÂ has nearly 140 million Internet users, according to the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), which tracks Internet usage in the country. The large number of Internet users has not eroded the government's ability to control access to content it deems undesirable, said the State Department, citing reports that the Chinese government employes "tens of thousands of persons" to monitor the Internet. "The authorities reportedly began to employ more sophisticated technology enabling the selective blocking of specific content rather than entire Web sites. Such technology was also used to block e-mails containing sensitive content," the report said. The Chinese government has alsoÂ enlisted the help of domestic and multinational companiesÂ to restrict access to information on the Internet. "Chinese search engines such as Baidu.com and the China-based search engines of Yahoo, MSN, and Google filtered search results, including those relating to the Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, and human rights," it said.
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The Chinese governmentâs censorship of Web sites with no discernible political content has fostered a backlash.
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China is stepping up its hard line against internet pornography by threatening life imprisonment for anyoner caught peddling porn.
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CHINA has closed 1,600 internet cafes and fined operators a total of $US12 million ($16 million) for letting children play violent games and for other violations, the government said.
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Yang Zhou is no cyberdissident, but recent curbs on his Web surfing habits by China's censors have him fomenting discontent about China's "Great Firewall".
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China's government has strategically deployed the Internet to economic advantage, while clamping down on undesirable content and use.
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China says it  will not allow any more cybercafes to open this year, in an attempt to cut down on "internet addiction".
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China has eased new Internet controls that had limited video-sharing to state companies, saying private competitors already operating in the fast-growing arena may continue.
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China shut down 44,000 Web sites and  homepages and arrested 868 people last year in a campaign  against Internet porn which will continue until the end of this  year's Beijing Olympics, Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.
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China is debating whether to relax control of the Internet during the Olympics, allowing access to banned websites such as the BBC, a spokeswoman for the organising committee said Tuesday.
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China will take a new step Thursday to tighten control of the Internet when rules go into force limiting online video-sharing to state companies. But regulators, wary of hurting a fast-growing industry, are expected to let private operators work around the restrictions.