Freedom of speech should not mean vulgarity

On Tuesday, People's Daily posted a report on its website about the use of vulgar online language, listing and analyzing a number of such expressions. The report says netizens invent these new words, phrases or puns, which share the same pronunciation with some insulting expressions and yet consist of different characters, to express their anger and discontent about unfairness. That some celebrities use these expressions on the net makes them popular with their fans. Comments:

To clean up the online language, the authorities, schools and parents should first of all educate young people not to use such vulgar expressions, and then cultivate netizens' awareness of boycotting the dirty expressions automatically.

Peng Bo, deputy head of the Cyberspace Administration of China, June 2