Pop Up Police

The Chinese authorities have an answer to citizens accessing forbidden sites; the pop up police:

Cartoon police officers are to appear in “pop-up” warnings on the internet every half hour to warn Chinese users that they must steer clear of unapproved websites.

As the country prepares for its landmark five-yearly Communist Party Congress in October, human rights groups said the authorities are exerting even greater pressure on freedom of speech.

Hm… I wonder if Firefox pop up blocker will stop them?

A second official said it was important to wipe out information that “disrupts social stability”, a catch-all phrase often used to refer to emails, bulletin boards and blogs that challenge the political status quo.

Oh, well, that’s me done for…