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The
office said 2,500 websites were prosecuted or shut down and more
than 3 million "harmful" posts were deleted in eight months up
to December during a drive to "purify" the internet in China and
protect youth, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
The government has tightening its grip on Chinese cyberspace in
recent months, in particular placing new restrictions on the
fast-growing live-streaming industry.
The state has a zero-tolerance approach to what it considers
lewd, smutty or illegal content and has in past crackdowns
removed tens of thousands of websites in a single year.
Two popular news websites were also punished for spreading
"illegal" content, Xinhua reported. It did not elaborate.
Aside from live-streaming, the office worked alongside the
Ministry of Public Security, the ministry of Industry and
Information Technology and the Cyberspace Administration of
China to target cloud storage, chat apps and "vulgar" videos.
Social media platforms have become a key tool for spreading
illegal content and mobile pay platforms including Alipay and
WeChat pay have allowed individuals to make big profits, the
office said.
(Reporting by Christian Shepherd; Editing by Robert Birsel)
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