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Mobile porn is a booming industry, but China’s anti-pornography laws are set to meet that growth head-on in their latest attacks against internet-based lasciviousness. A report from the Ministry of Public Security and other offices vowed to even “incorporate ‘lewd’ messages spread via mobile phones into the crackdown”. Yow, harsh. Does this mean you can’t send naughty texts to your girlfriend? Because that’s just wrong, no matter if you’re communist or otherwise. It’s a tough political landscape for companies to navigate over there and closes off a lot of great potential, but the few that can get through China’s diverse restrictions have an incredibly huge market available to them. Best of luck to those companies, and my pornless brothers abroad.
[via Reuters]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
