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Sat 04 Apr 2007China bids to stop porn in its cyberspaceCHINA:China is stepping up its campaign to stamp out online smut. The ministry of public security has joined forces with nine other government departments for a major crackdown on internet pornography, saying it had "contaminated cyberspace and perverted China's young minds". The clampdown on pornography is part of a wider campaign to keep a tight grip on media in China.In a sign the campaign may have a broader, more ideological function, the new rules also take aim at fraud, illegal lotteries and "rumour mongering", according to the official news agency Xinhua.