Careful of Sending "Pornographic" Text Messages in China! - Possible 6 Month-3 Year Jail Term
From China Daily: Police get tough on mobile-phone porn: Thinking of sending a friend or colleague a pornographic picture or text message via your mobile phone? Then you'd better think again. Beijing police on Tuesday said that anyone found guilty of sending sexually explicit messages could face a fine of up to 3,000 yuan ($388) and as much as two weeks' detention.
They also cited the Criminal Law and Law on Public Security Administration, which state that anyone found guilty of selling porn messages could be subject to a jail term of between six months and three years....
Such dealers provide a service that allows mobile-phone users to download pornographic texts, pictures and movies. A picture might cost just 5 yuan (65 cents), and a one-hour porn movie less than 10 yuan ($1.30)...The police also warned the public against downloading porn from the Internet or forwarding it to others...Li Xiao, a college student in Beijing, said he received four or five sexually explicit text messages a week from his friends, and admitted to sometimes sending them.
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