China Forces France Telecom To……

France Telecom forced to share its communications filtering expertise with Chinese intelligence agencies, according to a Paris based web site.

The report says several other French telecom companies doing business with China have also faced similar pressure.

The site, Intelligence online, says the French telecom companies had received a specific request from Zhou Yongkang, head of Chinese Security apparatus. Zhou is also a member of Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party.

The report adds that the French technology will enable the Chinese to monitor telephonic conversations and to disconnet a call abruptly if the device picks up some suspect key words. These words will be fed into the system for ‘hassle’ free detection.