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China regulating youth in Cafe

filed under Culture by rob on 03Jul06 @ 5:33 pm EST

China regulating youth in Internet cafes

Internet cafes are required to limit the hours that underage customers can spend online and only allow in a few minors at a time.

China has the world’s second-biggest population of Internet users after the United States, with 110 million people online, but tries to regulate what Web surfers can see online.

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1 Stephen Miracle on Jul 6th, 2006 said:

It is kind of funny that communist countries can regulate issues that we would love to see as Christians in more democratic nations. Who wouldn’t want more push for a safer internet environment? We here like to push the blame onto the government and the government likes to push the blame onto us for the responsibility of censorship, but communist countries can say well I’ll do it and you just have to like it. Now I am no communist and even against most censorship, but I just thought it was ironic that we evangelicals are always screaming for stricter legislation that can be somewhat communistic… It is also funny that communists who are extremely atheistic with a disdain for God come close to acting like they do believe… Maybe you just can’t get away from God…

Great site… with great information. Keep up the good work

Stephen Miracle
Part of the Ginkworld.net Staff
2 rob on Jul 6th, 2006 said:

Thanks for the encouragement, Stephen! Yes, it’s interesting how “the world goes round”, no? God is God of all!

Sometimes we post things here without commentary or opinion so we can hear from you too. Right or wrong, this is the current culture. It’s what we deal with in regards to internet ministry in China!
3 Me, Who Else? on Jul 16th, 2006 said:

We’ve got to get a balance on this issue in America. I really think it comes down to advertising. I’ve sent in more letters than ever this year to companies saying I’m dissapointed where they are spending their advertising budget and will be with-holding my dollar until I see some change in very questionable content they support. An online newsletter family advocacy group helps send me information and the links. I just edit the letters to make them pointed, but gracious (if they are not, or are too harsh for my taste). Every single time, the ads are pulled and within weeks, the show is off.

Is this “censorship”. No…it’s voting with your dollar.

How we do this with the internet? I’ll leave that for the next commentor.