Ministry of Public Security licenses China’s first system for monitoring and recording SMS (Interfax)

According to an Interfax report, the Ministry of Public Security has licensed a system for filtering SMS messages:

“Venus Information Technology Inc. (Venus), a Chinese provider of network security solutions and services, has developed China’s first information resource and mobile short messaging service (SMS) filter system, according to a company statement. China’s Ministry of Public Security has already licensed the new Tiancheng Information Filter System for distribution. ”