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Scholars, parents hail new judicial ruling cracking down on online porn
BEIJING, Feb 05, 2010 (Xinhua via COMTEX) --
Chinese social experts and parents
have hailed a judicial interpretation of the crime of spreading
obscene content via Internet, telephone and mobile devices, saying
the interpretation promotes a healthy online environment for
minors.
The judicial interpretation, issued by China's Supreme People's
Court (SPC) and the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) on
Wednesday and having taken effect from Thursday, is the nations
latest effort to crackdown on online porn.
The legal document clarifies crimes involving the production,
replication, publication, and sale of pornographic and vulgar
content.
Prof. Li Meijin at the Chinese People's Public Security
University said the judicial interpretation clearly defines the
legal responsibilities for pornographic content for all
participants, from online information providers to
telecommunications companies.
Prof. Zhou Xiaozheng, from Renmin University of China, said the
new regulations focus on the upstream of porn content production,
and so will effectively solve the problem.
Qu Xuewu, a professor with the Chinese Academy of Social
Sciences, said the Internet is in the "Web 2.0" era in which every
Internet user can be both an information producer and a consumer.
The judicial interpretation is the last line of defense to
protect citizen rights to a healthy and uninterrupted online
environment, Qu said.
Liu Hanlong, a private company boss in southwest China's
Chongqing Municipality, said many parents buy mobile phones and
computers for their children for convenient communication with
them but were worried about porn content on their children's
mobile devices.
"Parents will be very happy that the legal document has
articulated serious punishment for those who spread porn online,"
Liu said.
"We hope more such regulations will be made to protect
children."
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