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China exposes 10 ISPs over 'vulgar' contents

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-01 01:01

BEIJING: The China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Center on Monday exposed 10 Internet service providers for allowing pornographic and "vulgar" contents to circulate.

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The service providers include four from Shanghai, two from Jiangxi Province, and one each from four other provinces, the center said.

It had verified the existence of such undesirable contents after receiving tip-offs from the public, the center said.

It has informed the service providers to clean up and called on Internet users to continue reporting on such websites.

China has launched a series of campaigns against publications and websites containing pornography. It is also expanding the crackdown to mobile WAP sites.