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China Continues to Shut Down Video Sites 158

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "It's not just YouTube that's blocked in China. After the unrest in Tibet, at least 25 video sharing sites have been shut down and others have been penalized. While the Chinese government is not admitting that violence in Tibet had anything to do with it, they do have a sudden interest in strictly enforcing licensing restrictions that require video sharing websites to register with the government. Among other things, Chinese video sharing sites must promise not to show videos that inspire fear, contain pornography, or endanger national security."
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China Continues to Shut Down Video Sites

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  • GGW (Score:3, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 21, 2008 @11:40PM (#22826686)
    I'm sure that somewhere there's a Girls Gone Wild video that does all three...
  • by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 21, 2008 @11:42PM (#22826694)
    Wouldn't carpetbombing China with dirty magazines be more ironic? Fear, pornography, and national endangerment all in one go!
  • by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 22, 2008 @06:04AM (#22828044)
    This is rich - a bunch of politically correct Slashdotters complaining about China censoring opposing points of view... When all along, anybody who dares to come on here and try to make simple truths known about how every white country on Earth is being invaded by non-whites, and how our governments are run by Jews who are clearly trying to destroy any sense of homogeneity we ever had, is met with the pathetic cries of "Racist" "Racist" "Racist"...
  • by CFBMoo1 ( 157453 ) on Saturday March 22, 2008 @06:50AM (#22828184) Homepage
    We could just carpet bomb them with all the cheap crap they've sold us over the years. They'd surrender quick.

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