Shanghai Shutting Down Cybercafes
from the as-if-it-will-do-anything dept
Apparently the government in Shanghai is shutting down over half of the city’s internet cafes because they are “corrupting users”. Specifically, they are upset that these cafes allow kids to play games like Quake and Diablo. Yeah, well, I’m sure that Shanghai has just saved thousands of kids from a terrible life of crime. Now that they won’t have access to Quake and Diablo, they’ll be model citizens…
Comments on “Shanghai Shutting Down Cybercafes”
this has been going on for some time
I’ve seen reports similar to this one. Apparently, China has been trying to limit access as much as possible. Here’s something I found back in June off The Register
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Re: this has been going on for some time
Ah… seems like the link you meant to post didn’t come through, but I dug it up. Here’s the story in the Register from June. I knew it sounded really really familiar, and that’s because we posted that story here to Techdirt ourselves.
this has been going on for some time
Oops, guess i should’ve paid more attention to preview. 🙂
One noteworthy quote from this article:
Re: this has been going on for some time
Ugh.. my comment broke.. It was originally much longer. oh well.