The campaign to cleanse the Internet of pornography has proved to be "remarkably effective" last year, Zhou Huilin, a vice director of the National Anti-Pornography and Anti-Illegal Publications Office, told the official Xinhua news agency.
The crackdown also resulted in the closure of nearly 10,000 websites which contained what was described as illegal or harmful information were also shut down by authorities, Xinhua reported, without providing details.
Censors also confiscated more than 16 million illegal publications that included 12 million pirated ones. Government inspectors also handled 212 cases that involved fake journalists or media organizations, Zhou said.
The growth of pornography over the Internet despire tight controls known as the "Great Firewall of China" by the censors is also an indication of IT capabilities in the pornography industry in China.
The censors have ordered social media companies to censor user-generated content to curb pornography.
Even harsh judicial sentences and a death sentence given to a man running a pornographic site in 2006, has not deterred people from running such sites, and people watching it.
Even harsh judicial sentences and a death sentence given to a man running a pornographic site in 2006, has not deterred people from running such sites, and people watching it.
The 2006 involved a 28-year old man, who can a pornography website with 600,000 followers before he was sentenced to death.
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