In an effort to battle the raunchy and vulgar "entertainment" on the Internet, China has issued new rules telling companies to get their acts in order. There will be a number of consequences, including fines if they don't comply.
Some feel a lot of this is related to the upcoming showcase of the Olympics which will be a way for China to present itself in a positive light: both economically and politically.
The Chinese government gave producers of video and audio content about three weeks to bring their inventory under control regarding vulgar content.
This all comes on the heels of the recent restrictions for user-generated audio and video uploaded to Internet sites in general, something many feel is a restriction on their freedoms and unreasonable attempts at central control.
The truth is it's probably a legitimate concern for what they are calling "public morality," but at the same time a way to restrict dissidents from stirring things up before, during and after the Olympics.
As far as the explicit sexual content all too familiar on the Internet and available to almost anybody that wants to see it or unwantingly stumbles across it, I wish there were much more tough standards in the United States and other western countries.
The completely bogus argument about freedom of speech concerning pornagraphy and other of that type of material is false. There's a huge difference between freedom and license, and many producers of the raunch and filth crossed that line a long time ago.
Concerning this aspect of the new regulations in China, I'm glad they're taking steps to cut down on it. Now if they'd only loosen up a little more on the political side of things they'd be going in the right direction.
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