China to unveil Internet addiction treatment standard by 2010August 28th, 2009 BEIJING - The Chinese Health Ministry will announce standard treatment for Internet addiction by the first half of 2010. A doctor involved with the government's research project has dismissed media reports claiming that the treatment standard will list those who surf online for more than 40 hours per week as Internet addicts, China Daily reports.
Nude model busted at Met wishes prudish New Yorkers accept some bare skinAugust 28th, 2009 NEW YORK - A nude model, who was arrested on charges of public lewdness at the Met on Wednesday, has said that she wants New Yorkers to stop being so prudish, and start accepting some bare skin. "I want people to have the freedom to express themselves.
US testing system to beat web censorship in China and IranAugust 14th, 2009 BOSTON - The US government is covertly testing technology in China and Iran that will allow citizens to by-pass internet censorship set up by their governments. The Telegraph quoted a senior official at the Broadcasting Board of Governors, an independent US government agency, as saying : "We have people testing it in China and Iran."
Ken Berman, the Board's IT chief, however,provided few details on the new system, which is in the early stages of testing.
Victory in Afghanistan similar to pornography: HolbrookeAugust 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - While US troops involved in an intense battle against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, President Obama's Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, has compared success in Afghanistan to pornography. Addressing a panel at the St.
Teenage Internet addict beaten to death in ChinaAugust 4th, 2009 NANNING - A teenager in a Chinese camp meant to help people fight Internet addiction was beaten to death by camp workers. Public security authorities in south China's Guangxi Zhuang said they have detained four people in Nanning City in association with the death of the teenager.
Civil servants accused of surfing porn sites instead of workingAugust 4th, 2009 HONG KONG - Two highly paid senior civil servants could be disciplined after a probe found they surfed the internet for pornography rather than working, a media report said Tuesday. In one case a department assistant director earning 120,000 Hong Kong dollars ($15,500) a month is accused of spending up to 75 percent of the working day on porn sites, the Standard newspaper said.
China bans online 'mafia' gamesJuly 28th, 2009 BEIJING - China's culture ministry has issued an order to all websites prohibiting them to run, publish or offer links to online games featuring mafia-like gangs, and threatened "severe punishment" for those who violate the ban. Such games violated regulations on Internet administration, because they "advocate obscenity, gambling, or violence", and "undermine morality and Chinese traditional culture", said a circular posted on the ministry's website.
China bans controversial electric-shock therapy for Internet addictsJuly 14th, 2009 BEIJING - The Chinese Health Ministry has ordered a halt to the controversial electroshock therapy, which it was useing to treat teen Internet addicts. The ministry has said that the therapy, which was administered by a clinic in Linyi, Shandong province, is not safe.
Australian Minister named Internet Villain of the YearJuly 13th, 2009 LONDON - Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Stephen Conroy has been named the Internet Villain of the Year at the 11th annual UK Internet Industry Awards for his for his Internet censorship plans. The award recognises individuals or organizations, who may have hampered the development or in a way disappointed the Internet industry - those whom the industry loves to hate, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Chinese rapist who gave online number to victim bustedJuly 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two Chinese rapists were taken into custody after one of them left his number on QQ, most popular free instant messaging computer program in Mainland China, for the woman after attacking her. The woman was at a square with her boyfriend when the two men rode up on a motorcycle.
New regulation restricts sex info on Internet in China from July 1June 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Access to information about sex on the Internet in China will be further restricted under a new regulation by the Ministry of Health. Under the regulation, which will come into effect on July 1, only health professionals and researchers can access websites that link to sex-related studies and research.
Chinese web filter could limit free speech: USJune 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States questioned the Chinese government's motives for imposing a new mandatory internet filter on all new computers which it believes could restrict free speech, the US State Department said Monday. US officials from a number of departments met their Chinese counterparts Monday in Beijing to voice their concerns, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said.
Google says it will clean up porn results from its Chinese portalJune 21st, 2009 BEIJING - Google Inc. has announced that it would take all necessary measures to comb out pornographic results in its Chinese-language portal, Google.cn.
China says porn filters are not spywaresJune 10th, 2009 BEIJING - Chinese authorities have rejected media reports that claim that the government is installing spyware on all computers in the guise of porn filters. From July onwards, all computers being sold in China will have pornography filtering softwares, but authorities claim that it is not advanced enough to act as spyware.
15 Australians picked up in global paedophile swoopJune 1st, 2009 SYDNEY - Fifteen Australian men have been arrested in a global swoop on those who downloaded a film clip of the rape of an 8-year-old Russian girl, police said Monday. They expect to pick up at least 30 suspected paedophiles as they run through the list of those who accessed the film in the four months it was on the internet last year.
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