‘Superfish’ adware puts ads onto websites without users’ permission, and could leave the computer vulnerable
ANDREW GRIFFIN Thursday 19 February 2015
New Lenovo computers came shipped with software that forced ads onto the users and could have left them vulnerable to hacking.
The adware, known as “Superfish”, was made to push new third-party results into internet browsers Continue reading
New Lenovo computers install dangerous malware that could allow hackers to spy on users已关闭评论
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Tagged censorship, China, Computers, Internet Freedom, Lenovo
By David Bandurski | Posted on 2015-02-17
On February 9, 2015, China’s internet czar, Lu Wei (鲁炜), the director of the Cyberspace Administration of China, hosted a Chinese New Year banquet at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. Continue reading
Lu Wei on the “dream of the web”已关闭评论
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Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom, Lu Wei
Actor and director Jiang Wen is currently in Germany at the Berlinale showing his new film Gone With the Bullets, a sequel to the blockbuster Let the Bullets Fly. The film’s December Continue reading
IAN JOHNSON02.03.15
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A protester is restrained by law enforcement officers as a group of buildings is demolished in Wuhan, Hubei province, in this archival image from 2011.
Liu Yu is one of China’s best-known America-watchers. Continue reading
By Catherine Wong Tsoi-lai Source:Global Times Published: 2015-2-4 23:28:02
A popular video website on Wednesday confirmed that it has received a notice from the State broadcasting regulator to pull down online streams of Hong Kong TV dramas for review.
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Mao Zedong portraits for sale in a Beijing market. Continue reading
By EDWARD WONG FEB. 13, 2015
Wang Qinglei, a former producer who worked at China Central Television, or CCTV, from 2003 until he was fired in 2013 for publicly denouncing propaganda on the network, at his new office in Beijing. Credit The New York Times
BEIJING — As President Xi Jinping accelerated his sweeping Continue reading
Suddenly Strict, Beijing Slaps Its Mouthpiece已关闭评论
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Tagged CCTV, Wang Qinglei
Published: February 10, 2015
Bring back thought policing……
Yesterday [January 29], the Chinese Minister of Education Yuan Guiren (袁贵仁) called in a conference for the implementation of “The Opinions on Further Strengthening and Improving Propaganda and Ideological Work in Higher Education under the New Circumstances,” Continue reading
Hu Shaojiang： Re-ideologizing Chinese Universities已关闭评论
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