“Police in China said on Tuesday they arrested about 15,000 people for crimes that ‘jeopardized Internet security,’ as the government moves to tighten controls on the Internet.

Since taking over in 2013, President Xi Jinping has led an increasingly harsh crackdown on China’s Internet, which the Communist Party views with greater importance and as something it needs to control, academics and researchers say. “

Source: Chinese Arrest 15,000 in Cybercrime Sweep | Al Jazeera America