Chinese Government bans teenagers from Internet cafés LOL own3d

[brigadier Biggles]

Teenagers are to be banned from Internet cafes in China as part of a Government-led initiative to prevent young people from being exposed to "immoral and harmful content."

The ban also extends to karaoke bars and discos as the Government attempts to crack down on "audio and video products and electronic games" which "harm national security and incite hatred toward other nationalities," as reported by the Xinhua News Agency. The ban will go into effect on March 1st.

According to the Associated Press, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao stated: "With the development of the Internet, there has been some harmful and illegal content. The Chinese Government has adopted some management measures so as to limit the immoral and harmful content, especially for young people."

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=62930

wow sux to be a chinese teenager.

[Berianidze]

I applaud this, the Chinese teenagers should show more devotion to Marxist study and dealing with current contradictions within Chinese society; not wasting time at internet cafes.

[brigadier Biggles]

I applaud this, the Chinese teenagers should show more devotion to Marxist study and dealing with current contradictions within Chinese society; not wasting time at internet cafes.

just like true communist ideals like yourself a ? :rolleyes: ...

[Dan Dare]

It's not only China.

When I lived in Singapore, all internet sessions had to be routed via the proxy servers of Singapore Telecom. If you asked for e.g. playboy.com it would be refused, and the request (probably) logged as well.

This didn't apply to foreign MNCs who were permitted to have leased lines to the outside world, bypassing the proxies. So on going into the office at the weekend there would always be a gaggle of local employees together with their mates using the decadent Gweilo facilities to surf the net unimpeded.

At that time (late nineties) it was also illegal to own a satellite dish in Singapore and Malaysia although they may have lightened up a little on that since.

[Kodos]

When I lived in Singapore, all internet sessions had to be routed via the proxy servers of Singapore Telecom. If you asked for e.g. playboy.com it would be refused, and the request (probably) logged as well.

Was their any way for the savvy to get around it???

[SteamshipTime]

[I]Was their any way for the savvy to get around it???

He asked desperately, suddenly horrified about life in service to his ant overlords.

[Dan Dare]

SST - it wouldn't seem likely since all external communications had to go via Singtel. I don't think the locals would have taken the risk anyway given the likely sanctions. The easiest workaround was as I mentioned, to work for a foreign company.

Another little Singapore anecdote. The cable TV had a (very) few foreign channels one of which was CNN. As Singapore was getting a lot of poor press abroad at time, particularly in the west because of the canings and the Nick Leeson affair etc, the satellite feed of CNN was delayed at the cable system head-end for 30 seconds to allow the censors to bleep anything comments deemed derogetory.

I have dined out for years on tales about Singapore and its censorship!

[Kodos]

He asked desperately, suddenly horrified about life in service to his ant overlords.

Ah what... I've never said much either way about Singapore. China's firewall has long been held to be full of holes.

[Excorcism]

Somethings got China spooked