As technologies advance the spreading of pornography and other unhealthy information is escalating worldwide and China's General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) has a new front in its war against pornography and other illegal media content.
The General Administration of Press and Publication is the government's administrative agency responsible for drafting and enforcing China's restraint regulations as well as investigating and prosecuting illegal activities within the publishing and audio-visual markets. The GAPP has the legal authority to screen, censor, and ban any print, electronic, or Internet publication in China.
Last year GAPP successfully closed down more than 2000 offending websites and their plan to clean up the press and publications market in 2006 will include targeting mobile phones by severely striking “websites, internet cafes, call centers, and mobile SMS service providers that spread pornographic and other unhealthy information," said Liu Binjie, the deputy head of GAPP. They will also tackle the online sale of illegal publications, online intellectual property issues as well as pirated servers.
