Google To Step Up Anti-porn Efforts In China

CHRISOPHER BODEEN

BEIJING (AP) — Google Inc. said Friday that it was working to block pornography reaching users of its Chinese service after a mainland watchdog found the search engine turned up large numbers of links to obscene and vulgar sites.

Google said in a statement that company officials had met government representatives "to discuss problems with the Google.cn service and its serving of pornographic images and content based on foreign language searches.

"We have been continually working to deal with pornographic content — and material that is harmful to children — on the Web in China," the statement said. ...