We've been updating you with the latest on China's battle against internet pornography, but here's some good old Shanghai Daily reportage on our upstanding city's efforts against e-smut, particularly the type that drops right into the palm of your hand. Over the course of the past year, Shanghai has blocked nearly 1,900 mobile porn sites in an effort to clean up the country's new (and poorly censored) 3G networks. Some mobile customers have complained of receiving up to ten anonymous solicitations a day directing them to mobile porn, to which we say "oh, so that's what those text messages were about." more ›

Ever been surfing around on the Chinese internet, looking at BBS forums and searching for any new pictures of Jay Chou that might have surfaced since you were last on, only to stumble across some terribly lewd pornographic site that wasn't blocked by the Great Firewall? Neither have we, but in case you do, the government is now offering between 1,000-10,000 RMB for tips on pornography. There are 9 different categories users can tip the police off about, including mobile porn. Apparently the campaign is already pretty successful: 3,500 out of 13,000 or so tips have been confirmed. Take that, pornographers! more ›

Since China unveiled its new 3G system earlier this year, it seems a number of perverted entrepreneurs have been utilizing the system to revolutionize the Chinese mobile internet: that's right, we're talking about mobile porn. Since it's easier for them to evade the authorities by changing IP addresses and domain names because of a lack of efficiency in monitoring the new technology, the highly illegal pornography industry in China has increasingly shifted their focus to mobile phones. The authorities are looking into ways to crack down on the porn sites, but as we all know, Chinese netizens are a pretty tough group to control. more ›