China’s Internet regulator has shut 65 dating and other match-making websites after accusing them of spreading obscene content and allowing registration with false names, Xinhua state news agency said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
“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.”<\/p>\n
State media said last week that the regulator would target fraud on dating websites and other online match-making sites.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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