The Chinese government is to levy fines on 11 internet companies for promoting violence and pornography, according to government owned news agency Xinhua.
Baidu, Tencent and nine more companies will be fined for breaking Chinese government rules on gambling, violence and pornography.
The internet companies have breached moral values, according to the Culture Ministry.
The revenue division of the ministry hasn’t said how much the companies will be fined but expressed the hope that big companies will offer “healthy, quality, cultural products”, according to Xinhua.
China has been engaged in its “moral crusade” since April this year, and has already levied fines on Sina, while it told Baidu to clean its Augean Stables of pornography in August.
The authoritarian government has already clamped down on online discussion sites, following the appointment of Xi Jinping as the state’s autocrat.
