Sexy text messages will land you in a Chinese jail
By Will Park on Thursday, August 13th, 2009 at 6:20 PM PST In Announcements, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Security
China might soon overtake the US as the world’s leading superpower, but that doesn’t necessarily mean China’s Communist ways are going to evolve. In fact, China’s backwards policies are being enforced more vigorously than ever. Forget internet censorship. Forget about all those journalists jailed for speaking on China’s human rights issues. Chinese authorities are now monitoring SMS text messages for any erotic or sexually explicit content. Anyone caught having “textual relations” will find themselves spending some time in a Chinese jail.
In China’s Henan province, one offending text message is grounds for spending five days in jail. Chinese citizens who send three or more sexy text messages will be detained for a maximum of 10 days in jail and pay a fine of 500 yuan ($73). According to The Straits Times, the Chinese Communist Party’s Henan branch actually held 480 meetings in the past month in order to deal with the erotic SMS “problem.”
As far as we know, this isn’t a joke. It should be, but it’s not. China monitors all communications within its borders, so it’s no surprise that the Chinese government can track your SMS text messages. After all, the Chinese iPhone had to be custom-made without WiFi to fall within Chinese communications regulations.
If you’re in China, you probably aren’t even allowed to read this, but if you are, you’d be smart to refrain from “textual relations.”
[Via: Textually]
I feel what chinese are doing should be a food for thought for all. It appears that unless a nation follows way other than what you follow then it is the wrong way. Only your way is a correct one. What a naive thinking. Technology is meant for good and not for showing hot movies. The vulgarity has been brought to the living rooms and the worst is that the people do not realise this to be so.
a m alik says:
August 20, 2009 at 8:31 AM
I feel what chinese are doing should be a food for thought for all. It appears that unless a nation follows way other than what you follow then it is the wrong way. Only your way is a correct one. What a naive thinking. Technology is meant for good and not for showing hot movies. The vulgarity has been brought to the living rooms and the worst is that the people do not realise this to be so.
***texting is personal…there is no need for anyone espically the government to be controlling what we are saying to people, no matter how explicit it may be…if both parties are of legal age then there is no problem. If the vulgarity is being brought into your living room, CHANGE THE CHANNEL, No one is sitting there shoving it into your face, times are changing and sometime sexy text messages are the only way we have to show our love to others during times!
a m alik, you’re a fool. You honestly think that technology is meant for good. Here’s some music for you: it’s not meant to be good OR bad! Technology (SMS in this case) is only good or bad depending on how we use it!