11 jailed over net porn in China
Eleven people have been jailed for up to 12 years for running an obscene website in China's largest case of internet pornography, a state newspaper says.
The sentences were handed down on Friday by the Hefei intermediate court in the central province of Anhui, the People's Court Daily said.
Wang Yong and Shao Rong were described as the main operators of the website
www.99bbs.com, also known as the 99 Sex Forum. The website was set up in 2002 and run from an overseas server, the report said.
Apart from posting pornographic pictures, videos and stories, the website had chatrooms and information on prostitution throughout China, it said.
In November 2004 the website had nearly 76,000 registered users and had earned some 220,000 yuan ($A35,420), the report said.
In July 2004, China launched a crackdown on internet porn with new rules allowing courts to pass life sentences on those convicted of posting pornography online.
The crackdown reflects growing concerns not just about the negative influence of the internet on youngsters but also the general ethical standards of the nation's youth.
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