Originally Published by Forbes, 20 January 2010

HONG KONG — China has a new policy: If Beijing doesn’t like the text messages you send in the country, your cellphone will be disabled, preventing you from sending or receiving messages.

According to the government newspaper China Daily, Beijing has banned “illegal or unhealthy” content in SMS messages, but it hasn’t defined exactly what that entails.

Yahoo! BuzzIs it political? Can you safely type to a friend: “Chinese authorities ordered peaceful protesters killed in the Tiananmen Square Massacre?”

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