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A GROUP of men who operated a self-proclaimed internet addiction treatment facility in southeastern China have been sentenced to prison, after being found guilty of locking children in solitary isolation for up to 10 days. The facility is one of several hundred boot camp-style detox centers to have opened across China throughout the last ten years, amid rising concerns around the amount of time young people spend online. Despite widespread censorship and tight government control, China has one of the world’s largest internet user bases, with more 850 million people having access to the web, including around 200 million online...
