{"slug": "how-chinese-police-infiltrated-and-monitored-the-dark-web-with-the-help-of-ai", "title": "How Chinese police infiltrated and monitored the dark web with the help of AI tools", "summary": "Chinese police scientists have revealed how they used AI tools to infiltrate and monitor the dark web, according to a research team from the Criminal Investigation Police University of China. In May, the team published a paper in the Journal of Chinese Computer Systems detailing a model trained to translate and assess Chinese-language dark web content, overcoming challenges such as Captcha verification and anti-scraping tactics with a custom-designed system.", "body_md": "# How Chinese police infiltrated and monitored the dark web with the help of AI tools\n\nResearchers linked to law enforcement collected data and devised tools to help classify sensitive and illegal material\n\n[Zhang Tong](/author/zhang-tong)in Beijing\n\nChinese police scientists have offered a rare insight into how they were able to break into the dark web using artificial intelligence to decode underground content.\n\n[haven for illegal activity](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3269686/chinese-spa-worker-pleads-not-guilty-murder-hire-plot-new-york?module=inline&pgtype=article)and data trafficking.\n\nIn recent years, researchers both in China and abroad have made progress in analysing dark web content, but most of those efforts have concentrated on English-language material and little research has been published about content in Chinese.\n\nBut in May, a research team from the Criminal Investigation Police University of China published a paper in the Journal of Chinese Computer Systems about a model specifically trained to translate and assess dark web content in Chinese.\n\nThe first challenge was infiltrating dark websites to collect data. The researchers found that login requirements varied widely across platforms, and traditional web crawlers struggled with Captcha verification and the constantly shifting anti-scraping tactics adopted by these sites.\n\nTo overcome this, the researchers designed a system to handle different tasks such as logging in, making lists and downloading images.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-chinese-police-infiltrated-and-monitored-the-dark-web-with-the-help-of-ai", "canonical_source": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3361173/how-chinese-police-infiltrated-and-monitored-dark-web-help-ai-tools?utm_source=rss_feed", "published_at": "2026-07-21 06:00:15+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-21 06:07:22.870757+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-tools", "ai-research"], "entities": ["Criminal Investigation Police University of China", "Journal of Chinese Computer Systems", "Zhang Tong"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-chinese-police-infiltrated-and-monitored-the-dark-web-with-the-help-of-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-chinese-police-infiltrated-and-monitored-the-dark-web-with-the-help-of-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-chinese-police-infiltrated-and-monitored-the-dark-web-with-the-help-of-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-chinese-police-infiltrated-and-monitored-the-dark-web-with-the-help-of-ai.jsonld"}}