Taiwan alters laws to ban sex, violence in media

Passage of a bill that outlaws explicit photos, television scenes and online graphics comes after officials issued two fines, totaling T$1 million ($30,900), against the publisher of mainstream newspaper Apple Daily over its online imagery.

“Entire families see this. Children see it. Only in Taiwan do we have these images. You go to Hong Kong and it’s not there,” said Ke Ming-hsiu, aide to legislator Hung Hsiu-chu who sponsored the bill with broad bi-partisan support.

“This isn’t news, so it won’t get protection under news freedom laws,” Ke said.

Parental complaints to the Taiwan government had soared before the city of Taipei fined Apple Daily’s publisher, a government official said.

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