China's anti-porn drive to include cell phones, other mobile devices

BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Chinese media) -- China's anti-pornography drive will include

videos distributed via mobile electronic devices, officials said Wednesday.

A special campaign was jointly launched by five departments, including the

Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology,

to combat distribution of porn videos via cell phones.

Public security units were ordered to step up inspection of cell phone and

audio-video shops and cooperate with telecommunication authorities as part of

the drive.

The campaign will last until mid-April, and the main targets are cell phone

shops that provide game, music and video downloads. Pornographic videos are easy

to download and store in the memories of cell phones, MP3 and MP4 players and

portable gaming devices.

China has been cracking down on online porn and lewd content over the past

month under a nationwide campaign. As of Tuesday, officials had blocked 1,575

porn sites and detained 41 people.