BEIJING, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- After cracking down on Internet pornography, the Chinese government is cracking down on "phone sex" services, officials said Tuesday.
"With the rapid development of the paid call service market in China, some lawbreakers make use of this form to spread obscene information and even conduct prostitution," Minister of Information Industry Wang Xudong told a national teleconference.
"This depraves social morals, and especially brings great harm to the country's young minds."
Wang has ordered local governments to shut down "phone sex" operators, severely punish those responsible and establish long-term mechanism for supervision and regulation, reported Xinhua, China's main government-run news agency.
"This task must be finished before Oct. 1," he said.
