China to plant Internet police in top online firms
http://www.itworld.com/article/2957095/security/china-to-plant-internet-police-in-top-online-firms.html
China's control over the Internet is set to expand. In a
bid to better police local websites, the country's security
forces are establishing offices at the biggest online firms in
the country. The country's Ministry of Public Security
announced the new measures on Tuesday, at a time when
authorities have been increasingly concerned also about
cyberthreats. 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.
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This is presumably above and beyond the *secret* police they already
likely have planted in those firms.
--Lauren--
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