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.

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[mikeabbott420]

The huge american deficit is a weakness that harms the whole world. Cutting taxes and increasing spending is a receipe for disaster. It is the bread and circuses of our time and I am frightened by the way american voters are allowing this to happen. Gutless politicians, evil campaign mangers and most of all lazy, stupid, wishfull thinking voters make me wonder, what comes next after representative democracy fails.