China clamps down on Internet addiction with Electric Shock Therapy

[mandy]

In a treatment that equates Internet addicts to mentally ill people, China is giving electric shocks to people who spend more time on the Internet than required. The Chinese government has launched a nationwide campaign to treat "Internet addiction" and many Internet-addiction clinics have been opened in this regard.

A recent survey found that nearly 14 percent of teens in China are vulnerable to becoming addicted to the Internet. The Communist Youth League calls it a "a grave social problem" that threatens the youth of this Asian country...

The "addicts" are treated by counseling, military discipline, drugs, hypnosis and mild electric shocks...

full article: http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7006548947

[rose]

In a treatment that equates Internet addicts to mentally ill people, China is giving electric shocks to people who spend more time on the Internet than required.

I'm surprised Bush hasn't adopted this policy yet as a way of silencing his political opponents.  :blinkie: