A “Cleaning The Internet” initiative is apparently also cleaning opinions about itself.
Chinese police stated Tuesday that they've investigated more than 7,400 "internet crime" cases and arrested over 15,000 suspects a month and a half into a six-month initiative "Cleaning The Internet" being carried out nationwide, according to Reuters.
The focus of the mission is to "crackdown with heavy blows" on crimes such as "cyber attacks, site intrusions, online banking Trojan horses, internet fraud," wrote the country's Ministry of Public Security.
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The initiative has arrested suspects from recent well-known cases such as the Beijing Uniqlo sex video, Tianjin explosion scamming, and the banned 120 "immoral" songs including "I love Taiwanese Girls."
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News of the arrests has been picked by Chinese state news agencies such as Xinhua as well as major Chinese news portals. But none of them have posted anything about the news on Weibo, which is the usual platform for sharing stories.
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Phoenix New Media's coverage of the crackdown on its website received over 100 comments. But every single one expresses support in a uniform tone: "Support the Public Security to 'Clean The Internet' in a long term, and be internet user's patron saint!"
The Chinese government regularly hires censors to delete posts of different opinions. At the same time, it also hires internet commentators — known as the "50 Cents Party" because of the amount they're paid per comment — to "correct" public opinions.
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