BEIJING: Public security authorities nationwide have undertaken multiple operations targeting illegal activities on networks or infringing the public’s rights, according to the Ministry of Public Security. About 9,100 such cases were investigated from the end of June to the end of August.
The operations focused on prominent online crimes including paid posters, personal information infringement, hacking, eavesdropping and sneak photography, aiming to safeguard security in cyberspace. Police detained about 13,000 suspects and imposed administrative punishments on 523 internet enterprises violating laws and regulations during the period. In dealing with one of the prominent online problems in recent years, the ministry has taken precise measures to target activities such as manipulating multiple accounts to spread rumors to attract public attention; to incite public opinion for blackmail; to post uniform comments in large amounts to “block” unwanted ones; and to delete comments for a fee, said Wang Yingwei, head of the ministry’s network security bureau. During the two months, police nationwide resolved 147 cases of paid posters, closed 210,000 accounts and 185 websites and removed 127,000 pieces of harmful online information, effectively cleaning up cyberspace, according to the ministry. –Agencies
