China To Plant Internet Police In Top Online Firms

itwbennett writes: Websites based in China already have to abide by strict provisions for online censorship, and will often delete any content deemed offensive by government censors. But under a new plan announced Tuesday by the Ministry of Public Security security forces will be placed at the offices of the country's major websites, so that they can quickly respond to suspected online crimes. No specific companies were mentioned in the statement put out by the Ministry, but the country's biggest Internet firms include Alibaba Group, Baidu and Tencent.

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And?

[gstoddart]

And we're supposed to think this is different from Western governments demanding crypto backdoors, the ability to intercept at the data center, and secret warrants allowing them to demand all info in secret?

Sorry, but all governments are trending towards fascism, that China is doing this surprises me not even a little.

What we should be outraged at is the fact the governments of "free" countries are half way to doing the same fucking thing.

Sure, it's not outright censorship yet ... but give it time.

The difference is I don't need to give a fuck what the Chinese government does. I have no ability to stop the US government or other western governments doing the same thing, and that does affect me.