China Vows Tougher Penalties for Web Smut

[siceone]

SHANGHAI, China - Chinese makers and distributors of pornographic materials sent through the Internet, mobile phones and other communication devices will face penalties as severe as life in prison under new rules that take effect Monday.

The regulations were issued Sunday in a legal interpretation by the Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate, or top prosecutors office, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

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The crackdown is part of a renewed campaign for greater control over the Internet by authorities, who have closed thousands of Internet cafes, stepped up surveillance and fortified filters aimed at shutting out objectionable material.

The tougher punishments also apply to phone-sex services.

Cases involving pornographic Web sites that have been clicked on more than 250,000 times will be considered "very severe," with convictions resulting in life sentences, Xinhua said.

Other punishments could include living under compulsory surveillance, it said.

The rules apply both to the for-profit and nonprofit production and spreading of pornographic materials.

The report cited a Supreme People's Court official who said the regulations were aimed at keeping the "normal order" of communications networks and protecting the legal rights and interests of the public.

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[jtk4]

damn where am i going to get all my horse shitting on school girl videos

[siceone]

you know I china wants to get up in our faces but how the hell are their people going to get behind the gov't if all they do is take stuff away ?