China Plans Surveillance System for Internet Cafes

nasty writes "According to Interfax China, China will install a special surveillance system in order to prevent 'unhealthy information and websites'. All internet cafes in China will have installed the new system by the end of 2004. This according to China's Ministry of Culture (MOC). The system requires the customers personal information, such as name, age, and their national citizen identification number, before they are allowed to log onto the Internet." Reader Dr.Hair submits another blurb about the system.

Comments

Re:Human Rights / Trade Agreements

[RatBastard]

Cheap labor to build all those gadgets we want. It's all about money. Our current president has already sold our future down the toilet for money. He'd probably sell his own mother to a meat packing plant if they offered him enough money.

Carivore for China

[Adolph_Hitler]

We have it, why shouldnt they?

Censorship is good says George W Bush, it stop's the anti american Terrorists. Right?

So why should China be any different, they want censorship and we have no right to tell them its wrong when we are doing the same thing. We log and tap every phone due to the patriot act.

How is this different ...

[jchart]

... from the situation in the good ole USA where ISPs are required to provide your Identity upon demand by the FBI, NSA etc. ?

Re:Human Rights / Trade Agreements

[pjkundert]

Well, here goes my Karma...

The international slaughter of Christians continues unabated, while the left implies to all that will listen that it is somehow their own fault... Furthermore, the primarily Christian aid associations worldwide bear the overwhelming burden of trying to care for, protect and feed the worlds impoverished. While the left yells and shakes fists at them for "pushing christianity" on ... someone? Perhaps I'm dense, but I don't see whey you're so upset at all those evil, bible thumpin' christians who are out to take away your basic liberties by a-goin' to church on Sunday...

Please let us know precisely how anyone is trying to "push christianity" on you. Perhaps non-Christians whom you mistake for Christians are. Please be clear. "Well, just 'cause!" doesn't count as a cogent argument...

The fact is; God doesn't need anyone's help to "push" anything on you, or anyone. Perhaps there are a few who think so (their God is a bit feeble?), but they are generally harmless (how much damage can they do to you, yelling that the End Is Near from a street corner?)

Perhaps looking under rocks for christians is to avoid searching for some of the real causal agents behind the evil being wrought against innocents in our societies? Lock away all those evil christians; do you think you'll see a sudden, precipitous drop in rape, murder, and general carnage?

Please, enlighten us.