50 centers are paid web commentators of China. What about those who scan the text messages? Are they 50 center?

What do Chinese call these people in China who are employed by the Chinese government to scan text messages on people's cellphones prior to their delivery?



Also how much is the average time delay before the text messages are delivered?50 centers are paid web commentators of China. What about those who scan the text messages? Are they 50 center?
At times, my text messages can be delayed up to an hour. Most of the time, however, they go through right away. Occasionally, I'll have an up-to-ten minute delay. My husband's messages have never been delayed. He's an ABC (American-born-Chinese) and I'm Caucasian. Does this make a difference? Who knows?



I've noticed that my emails slow down (if I happen to not be logged into my vpn) during a certain time period. I'm convinced that this is because a shift worker with our university network is watching/reading my stuff. Whether or not this is for censorship purposes or for "learning English" purposes is unknown. It's most likely the latter since it only happens during a certain time period of the day and not all the time.



For those in denial about internet censorship in China, perhaps the following will be helpful:



" . . . If the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman’s comments were vague, those of Wang Chen, the information director for the State Council, or China’s cabinet, were more pointed.



In the transcript of an interview posted Thursday on the council’s Web site, Mr. Wang urged Internet companies to increase scrutiny of news or information that might threaten national stability and emphasized the importance of “guiding” online public opinion.



Web sites in China are required to employ people who monitor and delete objectionable content; tens of thousands of others are paid to “guide” bulletin board Web exchanges in the government’s favor.



“China’s Internet is entering an important stage of development, confronting both rare opportunities and severe challenges,” Mr. Wang said. “Internet media must always make nurturing positive, progressive mainstream opinion an important duty.”



http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/world/…



You can read the Chinese transcript here: http://www.scio.gov.cn/zxbd/wz/201001/t5…



Bloomberg records the same comments:



"'A Chinese government official earlier today defended the nation’s right to censor the Internet.



“Effective guidance of public opinion on the Internet is an important way of protecting the security of online information,” Wang Chen, director of the State Council Information Office, said in a question-and-answer session with reporters, a transcript of which was posted on the office’s Web site today."



http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=n…50 centers are paid web commentators of China. What about those who scan the text messages? Are they 50 center?
I am always amused by the irrational conclusions of uninformed people such as yourself. Before you make up any more fiction regarding email or text message surveillance, perhaps you should do a little math.

China has approximately 700 million cell phone users. If each one of them sent an average of just 3 text messages and/or emails per day, then that equals 2,100,000,000 daily communications. If one alleged Chinese censors could read 1 communication per minute, then the censor could review 480 communications over an 8 hour work day. Divide the 2,100,000,000 communications by 480 to compute the number of alleged censors needed for such an endeavor.

2,100,000,000 / 480 = 4,375,000 alleged censors

Do you seriously think the Chinese government employs 4,375,000 people to read your emails and text messages? If your answer is "yes", then you are the most hopelessly paranoid person on planet Earth.