Chinese regulators have expanded a campaign against online porn by closing a series of popular video-sharing Web sites.

“BT China, a BitTorrent site whose closure has caused a media uproar, has emptied its Web site except for a message saying the country’s broadcasting regulator shuts it down for lacking a license to offer online videos,” writes Computerworld’s Owen Fletcher. “VeryCD, another popular service that says it is based on the eMule file-sharing program, appeared to become the latest casualty of the clampdown when it went offline Wednesday afternoon.”

“China this year has already closed thousands of Web sites and arrested dozens over online porn,” Fletcher writes.

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