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Sites closed included ones with names like "Get
a one-night stand" and "Playing with you net", Xinhua said,
citing the Cyberspace Administration of China.
"These websites allowed the use of false identities at will to
register ... or spread obscene and lascivious content," the
report said. "The circumstances were serious and the effects
terrible."
State media said last week that the regulator would target fraud
on dating websites and other online match-making sites.
China exercises tight control over the Internet, saying that it
is needed to ensure social stability and morality and to protect
consumers, brushing off concerns of censorship from rights
groups.
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Nick Macfie)
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