That can mean reporting with audio, video, or text message, and the information will be forwarded to legal and media partners, who will help raise awareness of corruption cases.

IN THIS week's Babbage podcast my colleague and I discuss the demise of the Flip video (along with Facebook's legal woes, and why it matters what judges have for breakfast).

But Chinese legal experts and scholars have called for more robust privacy legislation to regulate the use of video footage and impose penalties on its abuse.