Hong Kong Using Children to Hunt for Piracy

westcoaster004 writes to tell us that according to The New York Times the Hong Kong government will be using some 200,000 youths to scour the internet for piracy. Members of the Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, and nine other youth organizations will be drawn from with the first 1,600 being "sworn in" this Wednesday. From the article: "Tam Yiu-keung, the Hong Kong Excise and Customs Department's senior superintendent of customs for intellectual property investigations, said the program should not raise any concerns about privacy or the role of children in law enforcement. The youths will be visiting Internet discussion sites that are open to all, so the government program is no different than asking young people to tell the police if they see a crime while walking down the street, he said."

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I have to do it....

[onehalf]

Not to be outdone, Soviet Russia is now using Pirates to hunt Children.

Re:Search != Stumble Upon

[Anonymous Coward]

I would be pretty concerned if the government asked my son to explore dark alleys at 3am, just to figure out if drug deals are going on in that part of town.

Hardly the same thing. I think it has a double purpose in educating kids in the illegal nature of piracy. If people actively reported piracy and the government would take action the problem would be a fraction of what it is today.

Its scary...

[Ichigo Kurosaki]

It's scary how similar this is to 1984...

One step closer to...

[geekdom04]

1984.