theregister: Pornsters face life in China smut crackdown

China is stepping up its hard line against internet pornography by threatening life imprisonment for anyoner caught peddling porn.
Ne'er-do-wells involved in the production and distribution of online adult content - including "phone sex" - faces a range of punishments including compulsory surveillance and imprisonment. Those behind sites that generate more than 250,000 hits will be treated as "very severe" and could face life imprisonment.