Electric Shock For Internet Addicts In China.

I read a lot about China. Because I heard terribly things about how things going on. I suppose there is an institute, which checking the internet usage continuosly asif I heard something ...., or maybe it can be the one from the Chinese lies, they want to proove how this communist country is better, than the western countries.

Wow what a story. Talk about ultimate control. Regardless of how addicted you are to the internet it is far from the goverments right to procecute you. I would say a lot of MyLot'ers would easily qualify. In that case I think the demand for proxy servers should really go up in China.

no my god what on earth does china want to do it people go to thru this must be stopped

I think if you tried to give electric shocks to all the Mylot addicts around the globe, the world would suffer a major power outage!

Wow thats really surprising, who wants to be an internet addict in china now, i don't wanna be in china. I wonder if these shock treatments can really make one go off from using internet regularly. The treatment's cost is high too and i'm afraid it will not be a too successful option.

what news!!! I am really concerned about the health of these people, indeed...As a doctor, I am always reading medical literature and it often happens that I am surprised by some papers written by Chinese and Japanese, too...I mean that they sometimes happen to use heavy methods for doing things...I think it depends on the differences among our cultures but it is something to think about while studying...I think that this treatment is for people that are seriously ill, those we call having an obsession with something....an obsession is a part of a psychiatric disorder and it may be very disturbing....Anyway I hope they have a severe medical control on this procedure otherwise we will all undergo this treatment..I mean all of us who love staying here and talking to each others as soon as possible!!

My God, I can't believe this, Thank God I am not in China, then definately I would have got the shock. I am really sorry for the mylot people who are from China.

thats a good question how do they find them? and why would they want to do this any how? To me a person should be able to stay on internet as long as they want . Do they time them or what how do they know if the puter was just left on like I do and go about business that needs done and come back to it? Have no idea about myloters qualifiying for this ha ha

Blimey !! But just how long is too long I'm wondering .. Internet addiction clinics .. streuth whatever next .. and what a lot of money the 'treatment' costs .. surely it's just easier and cheaper to ration the electricity on the computer .. not give folks a few volts of shock hehehe !!

omg...good thing im not a chinese...im still so lucky im living here in PI...omg! i spend almost 24 hours in the internet since my job is related to internet...what kind of government is that...omg...they are crazy people...how could they mistake internet addiction from mental illness...that just sucks big time...

You always come up very interesting posts polachicago. I often wonder where you source your information. I did hear out of China they have banned Youtube, but didn't hear anything on 'Internet addiction'. I have a friend in China and he is definitely addicted, I wonder if they'll target foreigner teachers, if so he should be careful.

that is something, i havent hear anything on it yet, my mom watch the news on tv everything she hasnt say anything about stuff like that, but i am suppose this true than if it is really happending, and i feel this is stupid for them to do that, i hope they are not being force to get the treatment.

china's using the 'internet addiction' stuff to cut down on people decenting and seeing the outside world. consumerism among chinese is fine, searching for 'freedom' and 'democracy' is definately not.

i m a psychiatrist . i have not ever heard that anywhere electroconvulsive therapy is being used as treatment for internet addiction. internet addiction is under discussion to be added as a mental disorder in diagnostic statistical method V ( DSM V). i have not heard such kind of trial ever occured.

Is it really true. It is a direct attack to human right!! They can't do it!! What a story!

That is absolutely shocking! (no pun intended) Sure this kind of treatment would be classed as inhumane, an infringement on peoples basic human rights.

Giving electric shock is a form of physical abuse. I do not think this practise is correct. I suppose the authority encourages the family members to report internet addict. This is how they can find addicted people.

i don't really know...

Goodness, this is so... so... so barbaric!