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Article

6 Nov 2011

Author:
Allison Jackson, AFP

China web firms vow to curb 'harmful' information

The heads of China's largest Internet and technology firms have vowed to stop the "spread of harmful information" on the web after attending a three-day government workshop...Nearly 40 companies, including e-commerce giant Alibaba, online portal Sina and search engine Baidu attended the seminar hosted by the State Internet Information Office...During the discussion...the bosses reached a "common agreement" to "safeguard" the spreading of positive information online and "strengthen self-management and self-discipline", the report said. They also agreed to "resolutely curb Internet rumours, Internet pornography, Internet fraud and the illegal spread of harmful information" to develop the web into a "positive and beautiful spiritual home"...China has repeatedly vowed to clamp down on Internet "rumours" -often used as code for criticism of the government -and Beijing said last month that police had begun to detain and punish people for spreading rumours online.