China Uses Porn To Control The Web

The Chinese government is conducting strict and no-nonsense business regarding monitoring porn sites in their country. China is bringing in more policies to shatter the Web porn business. The Ministry of Public Security's website (www.mps.gov.cn) said that the drive against porn would deepen in 2010. The website also mentions that the law inforcement authorities would intensify punishments for Internet operations that violate laws and regulations.

But is the Chinese government really concerned about porn to that extent? Has porn become such a big problem for Chinese society? The reality could be different. Today the web is offering new platforms for people to interact and share information: Twitter, Facebook, Google Wave, YouTube and many more. This is not the same old world of Web 1.0 experience. [ What will Microsoft announce at CES this year?]

The statement on the site gives a hint, if you can read between the lines: "Strengthen monitoring of information. Press Internet service providers to put in place preventive technology."

China is known for keeping tight control over the Internet and has been severely criticized. But, the new wave of 'interactive platforms' are posing greater challenges for the government. Every time the government takes some measures it is heavily criticized by the world. So, the Chinese government has supposedly come out with a better solution -- attack porn. 
 
This way, changing policies, forcing ISPs and people to cooperate with the government and using technology to track down culprits will not give an opportunity to critics of the Great Firewall of China. The government is working towards eradicating an evil called "porn". This way the government will not only get more control to monitor users activities, but also use technologies to 'monitor', moderate and suppress voices of 'concern'.
 
The Chinese government knows that there will soon be an explosion of new Web-centered technologies and it wants a firm grip over the Internet. Porn is a 'soft' way to do the hard job.