Continued from “Sex and the Cyber City (2)”

Wow! Looks like almost all players are in the dark side of the Force. Who will come into rescue as the Internet’s Luke Skywalker of China?

First of all – Healthy contents, healthy contents, then some more. While there is no way to count on the major Internet companies to cut down erotic information, violent games, and pirated downloading to shrink their fat wallets, strong enforcement actions should be taken to encourage organizations, institutions, communities and individuals to create healthy contents – classical music, science fictions, sports tips, history lessons, etc. Web 2.0 has put every netizen at forefront of the Internet and made everyone an author of Internet contents. Therefore, it is every netizen’s responsibility to fend off erotica on a popular web site. Just like one is not allowed to run naked on the street because he may run into a twelve-year-old girl, one is also not allowed to write naked because the innocent eyes of a twelve-year-old girl may wander off the track to read it.

Second of all – Government regulations. It has been the policy of government to strive a balance between protecting the freedom of information and ensuring the moral standards of the society. The government should increase the allocation of resources in organizing different variety of educational and promotional programs with non-government organizations, including a series of activities to deal with the problem of unhealthy contents on the Internet, thus keep “a harmony society” on the Web.

Let us all hope that the Internet in China is a great revolutionary tool to expand one’s mind, not a toy to excite one’s body. To get there, everyone has to do his due. (End of article).