China Carries On Anti-piracy Campaign (Photo : Getty Images)
Beijing Police found 400 gigabytes of child pornography on the computer of a 19-year-old Chinese college student named Sun. With Sun’s arrest in early 2016, authorities crashed the online pedophile network that Sun operated.
Sun used the computer to post 100 porn videos online which attracted 20,000 hits and elicited 7,000 replies, Globaltimes reported. He stored the videos on a server overseas and posted it on foreign websites in exchange for foreign porn which he, in turn, shared with Chinese pedophiles by using QQ messenger.
Although QQ chat group members are in thousands, the life span of each group was less than 10 days so members could avoid being detected by the police, but they regrouped, according to Zhang Min, the officer in charge of the case.
The minors featured in Sun’s network were from far villages or camps of migrant worker from 25 provinces in China. Zhang’s office received a tip from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security officers who were monitoring also the network.
Because Sun’s ring was able to dodge China’s cyberpolice for a long time by using advanced technology, Zhang acknowledged the need for authorities to upgrade their skills and technology to meet the challenge posed by experts.
Sun was convicted of spreading pornography and sentenced to 18 months in jail.
The National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications, in coordination with the Cyberspace Administration of China and other agencies launched in February an anti-pornography campaign. The campaign investigated internet video player service providers for spreading lewd videos and punished those who spread porn in the nationwide crackdown.
Among those investigated were Ingkee, Doshow and Huajiao, Xinhua News Agency reported. Xiaokaxiu and Miaopai, two popular video sharing apps, were also investigated for providing porn videos.
