Thursday, February 19, 2009

China Blocking Catholic Sites To Curb Porn


Under the pretext to fight pornography, Chinese authorities are now blocking access to Catholic websites such as Radio Veritas of Asia,
the website of the Chinese Regional Bishops Conference, all of the Catholic sites in Taiwan and of the Diocese in Hong Kong
.

Chinese authorities in state sponsored Peoples Daily Online claim
that Netizens Call For Extension of Anti-Porn Crackdown---Riiight
!
If anyone believes that, I have some choice swamp land in Florida that I can let go cheap.

On the 06 January, I wrote here that Chinese authorities had begun a major crackdown on Google and other sites such as Baidu, restricting Internet access.

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