Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg recently spent time with China’s leader Xi Jinping, as well as taking time to learn Mandarin. AP
Facebook worked on special software so it could potentially accommodate censorship demands in China, according to a report in the New York Times.
Facebook ‘made China censorship tool’已关闭评论
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Xi Jinping gives a speech at the Internet conference in Wuzhen, China, Dec. 16, 2015. AFP
China’s draconian new cybersecurity law, passed by the country’s rubber-stamp parliament this week, has sparked concerns that it will be used to further stifle individual freedoms after a crackdown on dissent that has lasted since President Xi Jinping took power. Continue reading
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A woman uses her smartphone near a booth promoting cloud services during the Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing, China.
BEIJING — China’s legislature approved a cybersecurity law on Monday that human rights activists warn will tighten political controls and foreign companies say might hamper access to Chinese technology markets. Continue reading
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Screenshot of Caixin media’s website, which has been accused by China’s censors of “repeatedly violating news and propaganda discipline” during the past year. Public Domain.
The ruling Chinese Communist Party has issued a sharp rebuke to the cutting-edge Caixin media group, ordering a two-month ban on republishing its content. Continue reading
China Slaps Website With Two-Month Suspension From Media ‘Whitelist’已关闭评论
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Police check the ID cards of netizens at an Internet cafe in Shandong province, July 31, 2013. Imagine China
An outspoken Chinese website that specialized in wide-ranging political and economic analysis remained unavailable on Tuesday, three days after going offline, amid an ever-tightening crackdown on public spaces for debate. Continue reading
Chinese Analysis Website Stays Offline as Media Crackdown Widens已关闭评论
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As close as many people would get to being inside a court – until the website was launched. AFP
Within China’s notoriously flawed legal system somebody is actually trying to usher in a bit of transparency. Now you can boot up your laptop or turn on your smartphone and take a peek inside proceedings. Continue reading
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From Oct. 1, Chinese police will be empowered to use information from a person’s social media contacts list, including friends circles on popular smartphone chat apps, as evidence in criminal investigations. Public Domain
He told RFA in an interview on Friday that he expects the new rules to be used to police speech, rather than to support investigations into criminal actions. Continue reading
China Gives Police Powers to Monitor Social Media Friends, Chat Groups已关闭评论
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People with land disputes in Chongqing, China show solidarity with protesting villagers in Wukan, Sept. 17, 2016. RFA
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have jailed one activist and questioned another for “spreading rumors” over a recent crackdown by riot police in the rebel village of Wukan following weeks of protests. Continue reading
China Detains, Questions Activists Over Wukan Foreign Media Reports已关闭评论
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