Chinese internet censorship revealed

The extent of China's censorship of the internet has been revealed by Reporters Without Borders.

In a damning report, the organization has exposed how thousands of Chinese cyber-police spend hours monitoring the online activities of Chinese citizens. Journalists in the country are especially targeted and often receive text messages from censors telling them to abstain from writing about a certain subject. And sometimes they are told to only use certain sources, the report stated.

The Reporters Without Borders description reads: "The bureau members announce the subjects to be covered in the coming week, the articles to be written under their supervision, and the articles to be eliminated." In particular, the government censored a story last year about the working conditions in an iPod factory owned by the Taiwanese company Foxconn. Allegations that women working in the factory are forced to pull 15-hour days were covered up.