The sites allow people to receive bribes and corruption complaints . Chinese state media reports ` ` ' ' anti - corruption websites '' are illegal . A site developer says he has received government permission for his website . Visitors began posting hundreds of `` tips '' under headings like `` local officials ... are buying luxury villas at a small fraction of the market value , '' and `` High-ranking official with 146 mistresses writes a letter to his son . '' An expert says open - source anti - bribe sites raise serious ethical questions .
The sites allow people to receive bribes and corruption complaints . Chinese state media reports ` ` ' ' anti - corruption websites '' are illegal . A site developer says he has received government permission for his website . An expert says open - source anti - bribe sites raise serious ethical questions .