In China, comics online have one reason to slow down, thanks to the keen eye of authorities as several sites have been given notice, if not, shut down, because of their violent, terror themed content.

According to the Ministry of Culture, several internet sites in the country were currently serving the shut down period, due to lack of concern over their contents that tends to veer the beliefs of their viewers toward terrorism and violent acts. Comic sites that promote these malicious titles were also urged to take them down before the authorities do.

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In a statement made by the Ministry of Culture, it said, "by providing illegal contents, these companies violated regulations on internet cultural management, audio and visual programs and services." Initially, there were 29 Chinese internet companies that were punished under this law, and another eight websites were shut down for the exact same reason of breaching the law of internet policies in China. On Monday, there was an additional 38 websites that were blacklisted for their improper content, something these companies may want to think twice before they can continue running their websites.

The websites questioned include sohu.com and iqiyi.com. Choosing a good title is reportedly as important as keeping one owners website clean and free of scandal, take note of the titles  "Terror in Resonance" and "Death Note," wherein the government urges its readers not to share the content of these titles because of their blatant and violent content.

Web hosting companies are also facing the crisis of being shut down for facilitating the hosting of such videos and contents. Pornographic and moral defamation is also cited in the law as one reason to shut down these websites, unless they abide by the rules of legal viewing, content and visual manner.

In an article published by TechInAsia, some of the sites that have a scandalous content include "Blood C" (Japanese TV Show) and "High School of the Dead." Minors tend to have access to these programs and can freely watch them online, spreading the urgency to trim down the content of what they are watching and not succumb to violence and terrorism.

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