Dirty dancing grabs the attention of China's cyberspace regulators

China's Cyberspace Administration (CAC) has punished Alibaba-owned search engine Quark and livestreaming platform NetEase for content it deemed vulgar. Quark was fined ¥500,000 (US$68,340) and NetEase was required to suspend updates on a channel specializing in dancing content for seven days. Both companies were required to …

[ChoHag]

These days my daughter teaches me the new swear words.

Good luck with that repression, China. It's worked out so well everywhere else.

[Anonymous Coward]

Birds of a feather

No wonder...China gets on so well with Iran.

[Neil Barnes]

Is 'cyber bullying'

a government telling an IT company, 'you can't do that!'?

[Andy The Hat]

Welcome to the future

Isn't this just an example of what's going to happen when the "cyber security" act is fully implemented in the UK and restricts "obscene, offensive and pornographic material"?

[Duncan10101]

Close but ...

You started with the "Dirty dancing" reference, but failed to follow-up.

Perhaps a tagline something like ... "Nobody puts Beijing in a corner" ????

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Close but ...

Look, spaghetti arms. This is my online space. This is your online space. I don't go into yours, you don't go into mine. You gotta hold the frame.