Published: October 4, 2015
“[T]he existence of a relatively free, relaxed, and anonymous Internet for the regime is ‘the root of all evil.’”
August 5 was the last day that opinions were solicited by the government for its new Internet Security Law, meaning that in the near future the legislation will be formally unveiled. In draft form, many of its clauses have already attracted scrutiny: for example, Continue reading
Mo Zhixu: Fear of Losing Control: Why China Is Implementing an Internet Security Law已关闭评论
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Remarks at the Internet Freedom Technology Showcase: The Future of Human Rights Online, City University of New York Graduate Center
Ambassador Samantha Power
U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
U.S. Mission to the United Nations
New York City
September 26, 2015
AS DELIVERED
Hi everybody. And could we have a better or more determined Assistant Secretary for Human Rights representing the United States of America? His Yankees unfortunately do appear destined for Continue reading
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A damaged room in a residential building is seen after several locations were targeted with parcel bombs in the southwestern city of Liuzhou, Guangxi province, Sept. 30, 2015.
October 02, 2015 5:40 AM
Authorities in China have imposed censorship controls on domestic media reporting on this week’s deadly bomb blasts in Guangxi Province, which claimed seven lives and caused more than Continue reading
China Tightens Censorship on Guangxi Blasts已关闭评论
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2015-10-01
China’s public security ministry is pressing ahead with moves to force more of the country’s 668 million netizens to use their real names and a digital ID card online.
The move is part of a raft of tighter Internet controls enshrined in the draft Cybersecurity Law being debated in China’s parliament, the China Youth Daily newspaper Continue reading
China Mulls Plans For a Digital ID Card to Track Internet Users已关闭评论
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21 September 2015
Apple has said it is taking steps to remove malicious code added to a number of apps commonly used on iPhones and iPads in China.
It is thought to be the first large-scale attack on Apple’s App Store.
The hackers created a counterfeit version of Apple’s software for Continue reading
Apple’s App Store infected with XcodeGhost malware in China已关闭评论
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FILE – Passengers look through windows on a bus painted with an advertisement for Google in Beijing, China.
Reuters
September 10, 2015 10:04 AM
SINGAPORE/BEIJING—Google Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai has made no secret that he wants to get back into China via Google Play, the app store for its Android mobile operating system.
But it’s unlikely to be a smooth ride.
Google largely pulled its services out of China Continue reading
Google Won’t Have Easy Return to China已关闭评论
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By PAUL MOZURSEPT. 13, 2015
Joshua Motta, left, Carmen Chang and Matthew Prince in the San Francisco offices of the security start-up CloudFlare. Credit Jason Henry for The New York Times
HONG KONG — It is one of the best-guarded borders in the world, and one of the most time-consuming to cross. Yet in the past few months, a new agreement has let people speed over it billions of times.
The border is the digital one that divides Continue reading
Partnership Boosts Users Over China’s Great Firewall已关闭评论
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Chinese authorities have punished 197 people for spreading rumours online about the recent stock market crash and fatal explosions in Tianjin, according to state news agency Xinhua.
A journalist and stock market officials are among those arrested, Xinhua said. It gave no other details.
Chinese shares fell by nearly 8% after a week of volatile trading Continue reading
China punishes 197 over stock market and Tianjin ‘rumours’已关闭评论
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