Jingjing and Chacha
Jingjing and Chacha (警 警 and 察察, a play on the Chinese word police (in German roughly “Polipoli” and “Zeizei”), Chinese: 警察; pinyin: jǐngchá) are the cartoon mascots of the Internet Surveillance Department of the Public Bureau Security in Shenzhen , People's Republic of China. First published on January 22, 2006, they are used, among other things, to inform Chinese Internet users what is and what is not allowed to access or write on the Chinese Internet . According to the director of Shenzhen Internet Police, "[we released] the image of the Internet police in the form of a cartoon [...] so that all Internet users know that the Internet is no place outside the law [and that] the internet police will keep order in all online behavior. " In addition to pornography, gambling and fraud, this also includes everything that undermines the social order and the stability of the state.
The Shenzhen police plan to post pictures of the two characters on the main page of all Shenzhen websites and bulletin board systems, and to create an online police presence, with the aim of reminding citizens of their own behavior in accordance with Chinese law, as well as a real police presence in the real world. Each of these “cybercops” has a blog and a chat window on their website through which Chinese Internet users can communicate with them, learn about Internet laws and regulations, and where they can find the latest Internet guidelines . The website also offers the option of asking questions to Jingjing and Chacha using the Tencent QQ instant messenger or via a blog. In addition to issues relating to internet censorship, they also handle cases related to computer viruses, computer crime, and other such matters.
In August 2007, the Beijing police announced a similar campaign with animated officers. The Beijing version of the characters appears every half hour on 13 of China's major web portals, displaying news about Internet laws and behavior.
criticism
Despite these additional features, the China Digital Times reported that it was told by a Bureau official that the main purpose of Jingjing and Chacha was still only to "intimidate" users and openly remind them of "their online behavior themselves to regulate ".
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mark Siemons, Beijing: Aren't you cute? In: faz.net. Frankfurter Allgemeine, April 17, 2007, accessed on August 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Xiao Qiang: Image of Internet police: JingJing and Chacha online - Hong Yan （洪 燕）. (No longer available online.) In: Archive WaybackMachine. Beijing Youth Daily, Jan. 22, 2006, archived from the original on April 18, 2006 ; accessed on August 24, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Cyber Police to Guard All Shenzhen Websites. In: china.org.cn. China.org.cn, January 5, 2006, accessed August 24, 2017 .
- ^ Jingjing website. In: i.qq.com. Retrieved August 24, 2017 (Chinese).
- ^ Website of Chacha. In: i.qq.com. Retrieved August 24, 2017 (Chinese).
- ^ Clive Thompson: Google's China Problem (and China's Google Problem). In: nytimes.com. The New York times Magazine, April 23, 2006, accessed August 24, 2017 .
