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China Warns Baidu Search Engine to Clean Porn Off Cloud

China’s porn cops have slapped a notice on search engine giant Baidu.com, to clean its Cloud of porn — or else.

China Extends Crackdown to Mobile Phones

China’s Ministry of Public Security today announced that its plans to extend its crackdown against Internet pornography to content for mobile phones.

China Strengthens Internet Porn Crackdown With Arrests, More Closures

The Chinese government’s crackdown on online adult content has strengthened even more today to now include 28 arrests, several newly targeted areas and a total of 277 website shutdowns over the past 11 days.

China Closes 91 Sites in Crackdown on Online Adult Content

Chinese officials have furthered their crackdown on online adult content by shutting down a total of 91 websites containing “vulgar” and “harmful” material in less than a week.

China Blasts MSN in Updated Online Adult Content Crackdown

The Chinese government extended its crackdown on online adult content late Thursday by targeting 14 additional websites, including Microsoft’s MSN China, and accusing them of spreading vulgarity.

Baidu Apologizes for Links to Adult Websites

Baidu, China’s most popular search engine, issued an apology today for hosting links to pornography after the Chinese government accused it and other websites of having “negative effects” on Internet users.

China Attacks Google, Baidu in Effort to Ban Online Adult Content

Chinese officials announced Monday that Google and top Chinese search engine Baidu, among others, are under threat of severe punishment because they have ignored warnings from censors and failed to remove lewd content from their pages.

China Asks Baidu.com to Apologize for Porn Photos

Beijing's Internet review council has requested a public apology from Chinese Internet search engine Baidu.com after Baidu allowed users access to pornographic pictures featuring Hong Kong actor and singer Edison Chen.

Report of Chinese Search Engine Embargo Is False

Reports that the Chinese government is redirecting traffic from the three major search engines to a more censorship-friendly search engine apparently are false.