Chinese authorities have punished 348 Internet websites for publishing "pornographic novels" online, citing social order concerns, state media reported Tuesday. Some of those websites have even been closed down, said Xinhua news agency, without stating the exact number.
Publishing pornographic novels online "causes great harm to the psychological development of young people" and violates China's laws on Internet and publishing, Xinhua quoted the state press watchdog as saying.
"The spread of pornographic novels has disturbed the order of online publishing and disrupted social order," according to a General Administration of Press and Publication statement.
Chinese authorities announced in April a six-month campaign to purge the Internet of pornography, vowing that curtains will be drawn on cyber strip-shows and sexually explicit audio and video clips.
Online pornography is already illegal and China takes great efforts to ban offending sites, but cyber-sex remains widely available.
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