Chinese authorities have taken another step backwards by approving the use of government controlled video cameras to centrally monitor Shanghai's 1,325 Internet cafés.
The new controls, part of a crackdown also aimed at keeping children out of internet cafes, will begin in every one of the city's 1,325 internet venues by the end of June, the Shanghai Daily newspaper quoted a government official as saying.
The equipment will be used to "spot illegal activities immediately", the paper reported Yu Wenchang, of the Shanghai culture, radio, film and TV administration, as saying.
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