![Jingjing and Chacha (a pun on the Chinese word for police, Chinese: 警察; jǐngchá) are the cartoon mascots of the Internet Surveillance Division of the Public Security Bureau in Shenzhen, China. Debuting on January 22, 2006, they are used to, amongst other things, inform Chinese Internet users what is and is not legal to consult or write on the Chinese Internet. According to the director of the Shenzhen Internet police, “[We published] the image of Internet Police in the form of a cartoon […] to let all internet users know that the Internet is not a place beyond of law [and that] the Internet Police will maintain order in all online behavior.”
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Jingjing and Chacha (a pun on the Chinese word for police, Chinese: 警察; jǐngchá) are the cartoon mascots of the Internet Surveillance Division of the Public Security Bureau in Shenzhen, China. Debuting on January 22, 2006, they are used to, amongst other things, inform Chinese Internet users what is and is not legal to consult or write on the Chinese Internet. According to the director of the Shenzhen Internet police, “[We published] the image of Internet Police in the form of a cartoon […] to let all internet users know that the Internet is not a place beyond of law [and that] the Internet Police will maintain order in all online behavior.”
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