Crushing dissent just got cuter
The shanghaiist blog posts about internet monitor mascots, which are placed on webpages to remind people not to post about sensitive subjects like Tiananmen Square. Or Dongzhan riots. Or Falun Gong. Or Tibet. Or Zhao Ziyang. Or the fact that Taiwan is a country run and ruled independently of China.
Oops, let that one slip.
You can even click on the mascot to talk to a live police net monitor to “ask questions about information safety“. With services like this, who needs Friendster?
Via BoingBoing.
