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China shuts down 10 websites with lewd contents

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-21 21:02
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BEIJING: China has shut down 10 websites with pornographic and lewd contents in a fresh round of crackdown on the spread of such contents through Internet or WAP sites, the Information Office of the State Council said here Monday.

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The ten websites were exposed by the China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Center on December 16, and then closed by their Internet access providers, the office said in a statement.

China launched a new round of harsh crackdown on spreading pornographic contents through Internet or WAP sites targeting mobile phone users to "purify the social environment" on December 8.