August 29
There has been a real ramp up on the control China has enforced on its internet users. At one point Google, Wikipedia, and Altavista, were all banned in China. Now there is a new form of internet policing that will occur in China… The Internet Police.
Police in China will begin to patrol the web using animated police officers that will show up on your browser and give you a strong warning to stay away from illegal places. This is aimed at scaring surfers and reminding them that they are always being watched.
These alerts will show up every half hour on many of China’s top portals, such as Sohu and Sina. At some point these patrols will be visible on any site that is registered with Beijing servers, but for now will only be on a handful of sites.
If you are in need of assistance when an internet police officer appears you can just click the officer and you will be taken to a website that will offer assistance.
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Fascinating.
I would always be getting warnings
I would always be getting warnings
Is communism grand?
LOL
LOL
Do they ever let their people think for themselves! 
QUOTE(Lotus Flower @ Aug 30 2007, 10:53 AM) 
Do they ever let their people think for themselves!
Nope, that's the point of communism.
QUOTE(coldethyl @ Aug 30 2007, 04:55 PM)
Nope, that's the point of communism.
It's a red state I tell ya, a red state!
QUOTE(Lotus Flower @ Aug 30 2007, 10:59 AM)
It's a red state I tell ya, a red state!
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