While Hong Kong authorities start cracking down on those involved in spreading nude photos from Edison Chen‘s party, Beijing also shows its fist, according to Xinhua News Agency:
Web search engine Baidu.com was asked this week by Beijing’s Internet self-discipline organization to make a public apology for spreading pornographic photos of Hong Kong celebrity Edison Chen.
The Beijing Internet news information review council, established by the government-sponsored Beijing association of online media, issued a statement on Monday, criticizing the Nasdaq-listed website as being badly behaved during the event.
The statement praised other mainland websites, including Sohu.com, Sina.com and Netease, as they urged Internet users “not to download, save or spread the photos” and “to prevent the photos from falling into the hands of children”.
