China has lashed out against internet giant Google for allowing pornographic material to appear on search results, in defiance of the country’s ban on certain illicit material on the web.
“Google China’s website has not installed filters to block pornography in accordance with the laws and regulations of our nation,” the China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Centre said in a statement.
“A lot of overseas internet pornographic information has spread into our nation by way of this website, seriously violating laws and regulations.”
The comments come after the country cracks down hard on internet content that it does not want its citizens viewing, including pornography and material criticising the government.
Computer manufacturers have been told by the Government that all computers sold after 1 July must come with software that will block pornographic material.
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