Beijing Police To Launch Animated Web Patrols

Reader geoffrobinson notes an AP story on a new initiative by the police in Beijing to put a visible police presence on the screens of Chinese citizens. Starting Sept. 1, little animated cop figures will wander across the displays of users of a baker's dozen of Chinese Web portals. The program is set to expand by year's end to all sites "registered with Beijing servers," according to the report. The point of the anime-like figures seems to be to remind citizens that their Web usage is being monitored, not to actually implement any further monitoring themselves.

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And below the gifs, written in Chinese...

[thej1nx]

"Nothing to see here. Move along".

Re:AT&T, NSA andHomeland scrutiny are the next

[megaditto]

You are sure now, are you?

Perhaps if you hate America so much, you could emigrate to China. Do a lecture circuit in China perhaps, about how the Imperialist freedoms suck and how Democracy oh-so-opressive; it'll be great! And if you are a female or have a spouse, remember to enquire about forced abortions on arrival (FREE while supplies last!).