International Law

Last Post of the Week on Porn

By Stan

I know, way too much on the topic of the government’s anti-online porn campaign recently. But hey, it’s a gift that keeps on giving. Any subject that covers government regulation, IT, law, and nudity — gosh, how could you not talk about it?

Actually, this is not a substantive post. My only concern at this point is that the authorities are being somewhat arbitrary in the wave of site shutdowns. What counts as lewd in China and what is acceptable?

This was driven home quite forcefully when I came across this distasteful "Peep Show" pic shamelessly posted on Shanghaiist. I had to cover the eyes of my cats so they wouldn’t see it. Well, just in the interests of full disclosure, here you go:

I mean really. How can you shut down other sites and allow something like that to continue? That’s just wrong.

Full post as published by China Hearsay on January 16, 2009 (boomark / email).