Minors Banned, Limits Placed at Internet Cafes
China has imposed strict new limits on Internet cafes, banning minors and demanding that operators keep records of customers and the information they access.
The rules, which will take effect Nov. 15, also ban smoking, operation within 124 feet of a school and being open past midnight, the official New China News Agency said.
Customers are barred from viewing politically sensitive sites, as well as those offering gambling, pornography or prostitution. Many of the regulations were already on the books in Beijing, where a cafe fire killed 25 people in June. The rules now apply nationwide.
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