Online porn in China is a no-no

Published 7:34 pm Monday, June 8, 2009

China is requiring personal computers sold in the country to carry software that blocks online pornography and other Web sites

The software’s developer said Monday the tool would give parents more oversight by preventing computers from loading sites with pornographic pictures or language. Jinhui Computer System Engineering Co., which won a government contract to develop the filtering software, was compiling a database of sites to block. Although porn sites are initially targeted, the software could be used to block other Web sites, too, including those based on keywords rather than specific Web addresses. “If a father doesn’t want his son to be exposed to content related to basketball or drugs, he can block all Web sites related to those things,” said Zhang Chenmin, general manager of Jinhui.

The Associated Press