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[ NNSquad ] China Arrests Thousands In Latest Internet "Crime" Crackdown
China Arrests Thousands In Latest Internet "Crime" Crackdown http://j.mp/O0ymxI (BBC) More than 10,000 suspects have been arrested and 600 criminal gangs "busted" in China's latest cybercrime crackdown, the authorities say ... Beijing's police force said it had arrested 5,007 people suspected of internet-related crimes and closed 263 internet cafes as part of its efforts to "protect the physical and mental health of young people" using the web. Revealing the numbers, the chief of the Beijing Public Security Bureau, Fu Zhenghua, warned users they faced being severely punished if they "attacked" the country's leaders online. - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad