China steps up controls on blogs

[onehandle]

Bush's wildest wet dream.
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BEIJING, China (AP) -- China is tightening controls on blogs and search engines to block material deemed subversive or immoral, the government said Friday.

The announcement comes amid a media crackdown by President Hu Jintao's government, with Web sites being shut down and journalists jailed.

"As more and more illegal and unhealthy information spreads through the blog and search engine, we will take effective measures to put the BBS, blog and search engine under control," said Cai Wu, director of the Information Office of China's Cabinet, quoted by the official Xinhua News Agency.

China encourages Internet use for business and education, but tries to block access to material deemed obscene or politically dangerous.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/06/30/china.censorship.ap/index.html

[Ezlivin]

1. Google THIS, bitch

Does it concern anyone else that our big companies have absolutely no compunction in dealing with these dictatorial leaders?

[LiberalPartisan]

2. Commerce and morals rarely ever mix n/t