Jingjing and Chacha

Jingjing (Chinese: 警警; pinyin: Jǐngjǐng) and Chacha (察察; Cháchá), a pun on the Chinese word for "police" (警察; jǐngchá), are the cartoon mascots of the Internet Surveillance Division of the Public Security Bureau in Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.

"[1] The Shenzhen police plan to place images of the two characters on the main page of all Shenzhen websites and bulletin board systems, creating an online 'police presence' that works to remind citizens to monitor their own behavior in accordance with the Chinese law, much as a visible police presence does in the real world.

[citation needed] In August 2007, Beijing police announced a similar campaign using animated officers.

The Beijing version of the characters will appear every half-hour on 13 of China's top web portals and display messages about Internet laws and conduct.

[4] Despite these extra functions, the China Digital Times reported that it was told by an official at the Bureau that the main purpose of Jingjing and Chacha was still just to "intimidate" users, openly reminding them to "self-regulate their online behavior" (see chilling effect).