No porn please, we're Chinese

Google has agreed to take "all necessary steps" to remove pornographic links from its search engine in China.

The web giant has faced constant criticism from China's internet watchdog for "disseminating pornographic and vulgar information" through its Chinese search engine at Google.cn.

A statement from Google's communications director, John Pinette, said that Google is "undertaking a thorough review of our service and taking all necessary steps to fix any problems with our results".

China has carried out a comprehensive crackdown on websites linking to porn and other lewd material this year.

According to China's Internet Illegal Information Reporting Centre (CIIRC) 1,001 websites have been blocked by authorities for "distributing porn and other lewd material" and more than 4,000 other sites were also closed.

Earlier this month China, which has the most surfers in the world, unveiled plans to have all new computers sold from 1 July to include software which will automatically block websites banned by the government.

In the outcry that ensued officials conceded that while the software will be shipped on all new computers it does not have to be turned on.

Those protesting the 'Green Dam' blocking software are calling for people to boycott the web and stay offline on 1 July.