In case you haven’t heard, China has been leading a ruthless war against pornography on Internet and on mobile phones. Authorities recently encouraged netizens to denounce x-rated sites in exchange of rewards up to 10 000 yuans (approximately 1000 euros). Guess what? It was no long before the hotline was  overwhelmed with calls from people who were denouncing themselves in the same time if you ask me.

I just read on ChinatechNews about a new move against pornography, this time against “Sexting”. China Mobile Shanghai announced the company will filter from now on text messages according to a list of keywords provided by the public security department.

“Sexting refers to sending sexually explicit messages or photos between mobile phones via text messages.”

What will happen next is that the sms services of involved users will be suspended. Users will be free to complain to the public security department to identify further the content of messages (“No, this isn’t what you think, if you look that way…”) This comes up as the “trend” of sexting is now spreading fast among teenagers in foreign countries.

So I am thinking. 1st that confirms all sms content is controlled. 2nd, what about people’s right to booty-text partners or friends with benefits? 3rd, what prevent people from calling each other and saying dirty things? Will that be filtered too? 4th, I am curious about how you classify a picture or a video on mobile. Do they have guys at China Mobile Shanghai working 24/7 to watch and click on the mouse every time they see something “inconvenient”?

Anyway, I believe this will give birth to some new sms language, some kind of booty code or even mobile vpns.

I wonder if they also have a list of english keywords (uh-oh..just kidding)

Peace x