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China To Photograph All Internet Cafe Customers

Posted by kdawson on from the papers-please-and-smile dept.

Gwaihir the Windlord writes "Not only is the Great Firewall of China back up and running, but now if you visit an Internet cafe, your photo will be taken and your identity card scanned. And the friendly officers of the Cultural Law Enforcement Taskforce make those details, entered into a city-wide database, available at any other cafe. So much for the new levels of openness and transparency that the Olympics were supposed to usher in."

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  1. openness and transparency by v1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    > So much for the new levels of openness and transparency that the Olympics were supposed to usher in.

    Oh you thought "openness and transparency" was for the government? no no, they meant for the citizens

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  2. It's all about protecting sheeples, of course... by alexhs · · Score: 5, Funny

    Couldn't they stop to give ideas to the Britons ?

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