Beijing unveils cartoon cops to police surfing habits

webcops Police in China’s capital said Tuesday will start patrolling the Web using animated beat officers that pop up on a user’s browser and walk, bike or drive across the screen warning them to stay away from illegal Internet content.

Suddenly the phrase “blue screen of death” takes on a whole new meaning. Oddly the police aren’t wearing Google or Yahoo logos.  C’mon, guys! Sponsorship opportunity!

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One Response to “Beijing unveils cartoon cops to police surfing habits”

  1. China: Police State 2.0 « Changing Way Says:
    August 29, 2007 at 3:05 pm

    [...] via Constantine. His blog, like this one, is blocked in by the great firewall of China, which just goes to show [...]

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