China to censor text messages

[juldea]

Don't know if anyone else (besides goldbug, whom I stole it from) has posted this, but check it out:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3859403.stm

Scary.

Comments

[descant.livejournal.com]

So does that mean that the government is going to monitor ALL cell txt messages?

[baronbrian.livejournal.com]

It's what I have come to expect from China so I'm not overly surprised.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

"Certain key words could trigger an automatic alert to the police."

So in a way, yes?

Scary, but futile

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

As censorship increases, language will mutate to route around it. 133t-speak alone increases the problem immensely, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.