China's new online police warn: 'Internet is not beyond the law'

China's government has initiated the first police force designed to monitor the Internet.

Authorities in Shenzhen said the police force began Jan. 1 and will monitor “everything that is said in online forums,” the Hong Kong Ming Pao reported.

The Shenzhen police said in announcing the new force that the “Internet is not beyond the law“ and that Chinese should strictly regulate their online behavior.