Real quick, ’cause I’m still strapped for time:

Seems the Shenzhen Network Police (Chinese Internet cops) opened shop on January 1. They have created two cute little cop characters that will be showing up on websites to remind you that you are being watched. You can even click on them and talk live to an Internet Cop.

Read about it at Shanghaiist.com. See the icon at work for yourself on this Chinese site. (Also note the tiny little animated cop icon on the bottom of the page.)

Scary stuff.