China Says Google and Baidu Push Vulgar Content

January 8th, 2009

China is moving to rein in Web sites it deems inappropriate. The Communist nation has targeted Google and Baidu, the two dominant search engines there. The charge is spreading pornography and vulgarity.China’s Ministry of Public Security and six other government agencies launched the campaign on Monday.

The government “decided to launch a nationwide campaign to clean up a vulgar current on the Internet and named and exposed a large number of violating public morality and harming the physical and mental health of youth and young people,” said a report on state television.

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