China 'Net cafe crackdown
Rulers of the world's second-largest online population have said they didn't want their people viewing "morally objectionable" content on the Web and they weren't kidding.
The AP reports today that China has closed 1,600 Internet cafes and fined operators a total of $12 million. Coming in just after the U.S., China has 87 million Internet users. The government encourages 'Net use for business and education, but prohibits violent video games, porn, most overseas media and pretty much everything else fun.
The AP says China has kept tabs on its 1.8 million Internet cafes, and in addition to those fined or shut, an additional 1,800 have been "ordered to stop operation for rectification." That doesn't sound good.
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