'Net nanny' talks about keeping online content clean

METRO recently interviewed a staff member of a Beijing-based Internet supervision authority. The source, who agreed to speak on condition of anonymity, offered insights into local government cyber monitoring methods.

METRO: So what is your job exactly?

A: I remove the so-called 'illegal' websites posts and links to banned content. But I am not the person who decides what content should be removed. My superiors give me assignments. And sometimes the Internet police will send us notes on what content or which websites should be removed or disconnected for displaying something 'illegal'.