Words such as "Almighty God" are being banned and monitored on phones by the Communist Party of China (CCP).

According to a former employee of one of the largest tech firms in China, the Communist regime is monitoring citizens' mobile phones and blocking words that they interpret to be "sensitive to the state," the Christian Post (CP) reports.

The former employee of China Mobile Online Services Company (CMOSC), who CP calls Mr. Li, said there is "simply no privacy in China."

CMOSC is a subsidiary of the state-owned and largest telecommunications service provider in mainland China. Authorities, says Li, are monitoring calls, messages, and social media on mobile phones in the country.

Li says every Chinese individual is being monitored and controlled to "crack down on harassment," according to the state.

"If one says anything deemed unfavorable to the CCP, he or she will be punished," says Li, who worked as one of around 500 employees monitoring the phone calls and messages by the company's users. 

 All China Mobile users in the 31 provincial-level administrative units are covered by the surveillance program. The program is programmed to automatically detect anything that is communicated on mobile phones that concerns politics and faith or religion, which is considered to be "harmful information."

The penalties for employees who miss any such comments are severe, Li says. Assigned to review information thoroughly, those who are not careful enough in their monitoring may face a deduction in monthly salary and year-end bonuses.

"I usually had to handle more than ten thousand pieces of information every month," says Li. "It was unavoidable to make mistakes, at least one or two a year."

Among the phrases monitored are "Almighty God," "Falun Gong," and anything political that is not in agreement with the Communist Party's leadership.

"Anything deemed unfavorable to the CCP is labeled 'political,'" Li says, adding that immediate measures are taken to intercept messages mentioning organ harvesting by the CCP from Falun Gong in order to "prevent leaks."

"If any sensitive words were deducted during phone calls, in MMS, SMS, or messages on social networking sites like WeChat, the system would automatically intercept the information and users’ services would be deactivated instantly, disabling these people to make phone calls or send messages," Li explained.

"If users want to reactivate the service, they have to go to a China Mobile service center with their ID card and write a statement promising never to share any sensitive information again."

The criteria for censorship, says Li, has been updated and become stricter in the past few years, which means more content is censored and there are fewer loopholes concerning the issue.

Recently, the CPP implemented facial recognition stations to identify any individual entering a place of worship.