China strengthens its censorship on the Net The Beijing authorities announced the next contratatación ten new inspectors who will monitor the contents vulgar, pornographic, violent or flying of wealth to be published on the Internet. The Government's objective is to defend everything that represent a threat to social stability and national security, according to local newspaper publishes the "Beijing Morning Post.
China Censorship on the Internet has been heavily criticized by human rights organizations say that the argument of fighting against pornography hide removal and filter the blogs of government opponents.
According to official sources, eight of the largest internet portals in China's capital base must hire supervisors "responsible and disciplined" who report information "inappropriate."
New inspectors will seek out and prepare reports on those web sites that contain spaces pornographic, gambling or violent content as well as those who brag about wealth and money, and that could undermine social stability and national security.
Among the addresses affected pages are very popular in China, such as 163.com and hexun.com portals with active user forums.
Currently it is estimated that thousands of employees from different branches of the Chinese government committed to filter content that is published on the Internet, although the opacity in this area is complete.
also periodically, Beijing launches campaign to recruit civilian volunteers to "patrol" the network. Chen Tong, vice president of Sina.com, one of the country's largest portals and sites was included in the filter requiring supervisor, said he has no clear criteria under which new supervisors should carry out their work.
Meanwhile, Lie Li, professor in the School of Sociology, People's University Beijing, found that many Internet sites may have some pornographic or vulgar.
"The question is how these ten people will decide whether content is vulgar and another not," Lie estimated.
The newspaper said the new supervisors will work regardless of the editing table online portals and will continue to guidelines established by the BaoMa which, in turn, is guided by the propaganda department of the municipal committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Beijing.
The press freedom groups such as Amnesty International (AI) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have reported that calls anti-pornography campaigns government also canceled the contents dissidents or critics of the regime.
The number of Internet users in China is 420 million, the largest market in the world, but it in turn one of the poorest countries in the network censors.
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