June 17, 2002

closing of internet

FIRE CLOSES CHINESE INTERNET
"A fire in a Beijing Internet Café has prompted officials to order the closure of 2,400 cafés around the city, ostensibly for safety inspections. The closures, however, coincide with a nationwide crackdown on Internet cafés meant to tighten government control of Web use. While the government encourages the use of Internet to promote commerce, it contends that the minds of children and teen-agers are being polluted with pornography and subversive material. The Chinese government requires Internet cafés to track customers' Internet usage - a law not enforced by thousands of cafés. It is expected that only 200 of the Internet cafés closed will be allowed to reopen."

Wow... what will this result in?

Category: digitalness

Posted by zephoria at June 17, 2002 11:10 PM