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Researcher warns of nude web chats
(AP)
Updated: 2005-08-31 09:48
A Chinese researcher has warned of a new threat to public health and morality
錕斤拷 naked Internet chatting.
The nude web chats do great harm to youth
that are the dominant force of Chinese netizens, according to a
researcher. [baidu] | Up to 20,000 Chinese
Internet users log on to chatrooms each night in which users in various states
of undress talk to each other with the help of Web cams, the Shanghai Daily
newspaper said Tuesday, citing China Youth Association researcher Liu Gang.
"At first, we thought if was merely a game for a few mentally abnormal
people," the paper quoted Liu as saying. "But as our research continued, we
found the problem was much larger than expected," Liu said.
Participants in the sites download chat software and attach video cameras to
their computers, the paper reported. They then "talk with others while exposing
themselves and performing provocative poses," it said.
China has more than 87 million Internet users, the second largest after the
United States.
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