By Thaddeus M. Baklinski
BEIJING, July 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Hard on the heels of the China's renewal of Google's license to operate its search engine in the country, the Chinese General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) has asked a number of Web sites to stop offering online reading and downloading services with pornographic content.
An official with GAPP told Xinhua News that 122 Internet service providers were contacted with the request to remove pornography, and that those websites failing to comply would be shut down.
A nationwide crackdown on pornography by the GAPP since December 2009 has resulted in the government agency filtering or blocking a number of websites found to be offering pornographic content, Xinhua reported.
Google closed its China-based search engine in March in protest over government censorship and web filtering, but has since made undisclosed concessions to have its license renewed and to be allowed to pursue its commercial ambitions in the country.
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