Govt agency clamps down on illegal websites

The State Internet Information Office said on Friday that after a review of 422 websites that had been shut down or blacklisted for disseminating pornographic information, 132 of them had continued its illegal activities.

The review is part of a wider crackdown on the spread of obscene information on the Internet that was initiated in April and is called "Cleaning the Web 2014".

The government agency said these websites found numerous ways to stay afloat. Some transferred their operations overseas while others used illegal Internet service providers, it said.