The world's largest mobile operator, operating in China, China Mobile, eliminates the dictates of Beijing sms notifications for the content of "obscene" or the opening of "sexual".
Similarly, do the two other operators: China Telecom and China Unicom - China announced on Monday the press.
According to the newspaper "South China Morning Post, the operator China Mobile, which has 518 million subscribers, announced that the censorship of text messages is based on" keyword list "provided by the national security agencies. This list, however, was not published.
Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily reported that in the Shanghai blocked about 70 thousand. cells, and affected users can go to the offices of the operator to restore services. Before that, however, must "verify the validity of the disputed text message" to the police.
Human rights organizations indicate that the move is aimed at more control of the content of messages than the control dissident moral and displacement "obscene" content.
Official refers to the analysts, according to which the censorship SMS campaign is part of the censorship of the internet and other media for content critical of the government and is a violation of privacy.
In China there are about 600 million mobile phone users.
Similarly, do the two other operators: China Telecom and China Unicom - China announced on Monday the press.
According to the newspaper "South China Morning Post, the operator China Mobile, which has 518 million subscribers, announced that the censorship of text messages is based on" keyword list "provided by the national security agencies. This list, however, was not published.
Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily reported that in the Shanghai blocked about 70 thousand. cells, and affected users can go to the offices of the operator to restore services. Before that, however, must "verify the validity of the disputed text message" to the police.
Human rights organizations indicate that the move is aimed at more control of the content of messages than the control dissident moral and displacement "obscene" content.
Official refers to the analysts, according to which the censorship SMS campaign is part of the censorship of the internet and other media for content critical of the government and is a violation of privacy.
In China there are about 600 million mobile phone users.
