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China Mobile co-operates in SMS censorship

22 January 2010 02:49 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ziya Agazade â€“ APA. Google isnâ€™t the only one attracting attention in the Chinese digital censorship stir-up.

The main mobile network in the country, China Mobile, will be helping the government censorship drive by scanning mobile owners text messages for â€œillegalâ€ content - and banning those who donâ€™t comply with government dictates, APA reports quoting Agency France Press (AFP).

China Mobile has a checking system that will read SMS sent within the country. According to AFP, if a text is found that has obscene, violent or unhealthy content, the sender will be banned. The person in question can get their service restored, but only after they promise in writing not to do it again. This isnâ€™t the first strike against mobility from China. As part of the overall crackdown on â€œunacceptableâ€ websites, 11,000 mobile websites were blocked last year.