China employs two million microblog monitors - State media

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[QUOTE=BBC News]More than two million people in China are employed by the government to monitor web activity, state media say, providing a rare glimpse into how the state tries to control the internet.

The Beijing News says the monitors, described as internet opinion analysts, are on state and commercial payrolls.

China's hundreds of millions of web users increasingly use microblogs to criticise the state or vent anger.

Recent research suggested Chinese censors actively target social media.

The report by the Beijing News said that these monitors were not required to delete postings.[/QUOTE]

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[quote]China's hundreds of millions of web users increasingly use microblogs to criticise the state or vent anger.[/quote]

Maybe they should dedicate more resources into addressing some of those issues as opposed to trying to silence them or watch them

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atleast USA has automated system for that