Chinese Internet Police Pursue Critics of Government's Coronavirus Response

As China tries to reshape the narrative of its fumbled response to the coronavirus outbreak, it is turning to a new breed of police that carry out real-world reprisals for digital misdeeds. The Internet police, as they are known, have gained power as the Communist Party has worked to seize greater control over the thoughts, words, and even memories of China’s 800 million web users.

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