Virtual police in China
Their names are Jingjing and Chacha. In fact, jing cha means police in Chinese. These two cartoons figures are going to patrol on all the web pages in Beijing. Their goal : to discover illegal web sites, according to the Chinese measures : pornography, prompting to withdrawal, promotion of superstition, gambling …Jingjing and Chacha appear every 30 minutes, at the bottom of the screen, in order to remind everybody that the police keeps a watch on the Web. A zealous internet user can even click on the two characters to report to the police some illegal contents. Yes, because you can talk and communicate with Jingjing and Chacha ! Both police officers have the following functions: resource, blog, photo album and interactive section. In their internet space, netizens can systematically learn about all laws and legal regulations related to Internet, instantly learn about the latest policies about the Internet, and learn about typical online crime cases. At the same time, the images of Shenzhen Internet Police can also answer questions from netizens. If netizens have questions relating to internet security, you can submit your questions in the space of Shenzhen internet Police, and the police will patiently answer your questions. Netizens can also use QQ (instant messaging service) to communicate with the two Cartoon police interactively. How wondeful, isn’t it ? For some people who love being aware of new laws, who are fond of juridic waking …
“The Internet police has existed for a long time. This time we publish the image of Internet Police in the form of a cartoon, the purpose is to let all internet users know that the Internet is not a place beyond of law, the Internet Police will maintain order in all online behaviors,” said Director Chen of the Information Center, Internet Security and Surveillance division, of Shenzhen Public Security Bureau.
But their main function is intimidation. What do you think about this mean of controlling the Web ? Is it a good idea to 
protect kids against pedophilia, violence … or is it just one more control of the chinese communist government ?
