Whoever uses Beijing Internet cafes for the first time will be photographed and their Identification Cards scanned. The data is transmitted to the database of the monitoring platform maintained by the “culture policing forces.” By mid December, the installation and implementation of the system will be completed in all Internet cafes in Beijing. At the monitoring platform, the authorities can monitor remotely any computer in any Internet café, real time. Owners of the Internet cafes have no access to the data.
Source: Chinanews.com, October 16, 2008
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