Chinese “Nudist” Busted

As if merely responding to online personal ads wasn't hazardous enough these days, we're especially concerned over news this week that in some parts of the world posting one yourself can earn you jail time as well. The China Post reports that a 30 year old Taipei engineer was sentenced to five years in prison for "posting his nude photos on Internet Web sites"; apparently he was found guilty of breaking statutes regarding "public indecent exposure and abusing decent customs and culture in accordance with the nation's law". While any sex-related human rights violation makes us angry, this is something that especially pisses us off—cultural differences notwithstanding, what possible harm is there to anyone in consensually sharing pictures of yourself online? We've already written to Amnesty International and HRW expressing our outrage, even if we're not sure that the right to posting naked self-portraits on the interweb falls under their usual range of concern; we hope that everyone who cares about things like free expression and hot Chinese muscle studs will do the same.

· "Nudist who posted pictures on Net to face 5 years in jail" (chinapost.com.tw - thanks TK)
· Cum Cruise (profile @ bigmuscle.com)
· CumCruise.org (cumcruise.org)

Update See also: A Horny Taiwan Boy (wowsay.com)

Previously: Scandal: The Craigslist "Experiment"