After Phone Sex, China Targets Phone Fortune Telling

China has targeted fortune-telling as its next target in a crackdown on illegal telephone content after going after phone sex, reports Reuters.

The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has banned "birthday decoding" and "new year fortune-telling" text message and telephone services on the grounds they promoted superstition, the official Xinhua news agency said.

"Any advertisements that harm young minds or violate regulations will be banned immediately," Xinhua quoted the administration as saying in a statement.

Interest in China's traditional fortune-telling arts spikes every year around the start of the Lunar New Year. The Year of the Rooster begins on Feb. 9.

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