China has tightened their grip on the Internet. This was a vow that they had made previously. With the closure of the 244 sites, Xinhua news agency reported a total of over 700 sites shut down (due to vulgar content) during this campaign.
Apart from that, they are also targetting content in mobile phone games, online novels and radio programmes
From Straits Times report,
Google, Baidu and other major websites have also been given a public dressing down for not being quick enough to wipe out targeted content, and outspoken blogging portals shut down for posting ‘politically harmful information’.
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