Tom.com Removes 40% of Content on Beijing's Orders
An AFP newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
Hong Kong Internet company Tom.com says it has removed 40 percent of its mainland website postings following an order from Beijing to weed out "harmful" Internet content.More here.
"Since we have received new instructions from the government, our website has removed about 40 percent of user postings that are deemed unsuitable for the Internet," said Rico Ngai, senior manager of corporate communications of Tom.com in Beijing.
He said 40 percent of pictures uploaded by users had also been removed for the same purpose.
posted by Fergie @ 4/24/2006 12:12:00 PM
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