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Published 06/30/2009 by Reuters: Internet News


China's internet porn filter -- no Garfield please

BEIJING (Reuters) - What do Johnny Depp, Garfield, Paris Hilton and roast pork have in common? In China, the answer is that a new government-mandated internet filter rates some pictures of all four of them as bad for your moral health.

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