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Amnesty International notes that China “ has the largest recorded number of imprisoned journalists and cyber-dissidents in the world .” The offences of which they are accused include communicating with groups abroad, signing online petitions, and calling for reform and an end to corruption .< ref >< nowiki > http :// www. internetfreedom. org / Background </ nowiki > Background Global Internet Freedom Consortium ( do not download anything from this site – it is a known Trojan supplier )</ ref > The escalation of the government's effort to neutralize critical online opinion comes after a series of large anti-Japanese, anti-pollution, anti-corruption protests, and ethnic riots, many of which were organized or publicized using instant messaging services, chat rooms, and text messages.

The size of the Internet police is rumored at more than 30, 000.