Please to make my day punk
This is weird. China is using "virtual cops" to warn off people seeking no-no content on the Internet. The cartoon characters will speed across the screen in a little patrol car, scaring Chinese surfers and warning them to obey the content laws. If they click on the coppers, they get taken to the police station website.
It's easy to imagine the next stage of this kind of project...animated cops that have profiled someone's behavior and pop on the screen to warn or even arrest the surfer. "Mr. Chang, you have broken the law...stay right there until the authorities come to your door." Then there's a knock. In the meantime, the phone dies, the power goes off and the dissident is arrested.
Posted on August 29, 2007
