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Some 15,000 people have been arrested in China
on suspicion of cybercrimes that “jeopardized internet security,” the Ministry
of Public Security said Tuesday. More than
7,400 cases, including hacking, online fraud and the illegal sale of personal
information, were investigated by police, said a statement published on the
official website of the ministry. The period over which the investigations took
place, however, is not specified.
RT.com report continues:
Since launching the
six-month “Cleaning the Internet” campaign in July, police have already made a
significant progress with 66,000 website checked for “illegal and harmful
information,” which includes vulgar material such as advertisements for
pornography, explosives, firearms and gambling.
"For the next
step, the public security organs will continue to increase their investigation
and crackdown on cybercrimes," the ministry said.
China considers the
internet to be a virtual territory that must be ruled by laws and regulations
and runs one of the world’s most sophisticated censorship mechanisms, known as
the Great Firewall.
In
February, China's internet watchdog said that starting from March 1 websites
that require people or organizations to disclose their identities would be
banned.
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