China's latest war on porn is apparently taking down websites like the Hulk on a bad day, and it is now moving on to content available on mobile phones. Seven governmental agencies met yesterday to discuss the progress of the Chinese attempt to crack down on Internet filth, and decided that things were going well enough that further moves into other media was the next logical step.

China's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) claims to have shut down some 1,250 inappropriate websites thus far, according to a Chinese-language posting on its website. Additionally, the MPS has arrested 41 people (and counting) for disseminating obscene and vulgar content. The organization claims that, as a result of its actions, there has been a significant decrease in vulgar content online, and the online environment has been significantly improved.

But that's not all! The seven agencies involved agreed that one of the next steps was to start cracking down on pornographic content on mobile phones. The statement on the MPS website did not elaborate what that would entail, but we speculate that it involves blocking the sending of mutlimedia messages, text content, and other mobile media that is deemed inappropriate.

The Chinese government has long condemned Internet pornography for "perverting China's young minds," which has led to its newest initiative to "purify the Internet." Not only is China looking at sites that host vulgar content, it also has search engines like Baidu and Google in its crosshairs (along with 33 other search providers) for not doing enough to block links to porn in an "efficient" manner. While the companies may be able to reduce some of their links to the more obvious porn sites, it will be no small feat to attempt to eliminate them altogether. The Internet moves quickly and search engines index new content almost as fast.

The same problem will undoubtedly plague whatever plans China has in mind for mobile phones as well. Mobile content in Asia is generally several times more popular than it is here in the US, and new everything is available on a daily basis. How exactly the MPS and other Chinese agencies plan to implement this new plan remains a mystery, but we remain skeptical that it will keep China's young minds from being "perverted."