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Chinese censors work hard to erase news of Hong Kong protests
Chinese censors are working hard to erase or block news of the Hong Kong protests on social media and search platforms amid a surge in local interest. Read more…
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China ‘cleans up’ internet in apparent censorship campaign
China launched a new campaign to clean up its internet, state media said, amid a fresh wave of apparent censorship by Beijing Read more…
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Bing outage in China not censorship block
Search engine Bing’s outage in China last week was a technical error, rather than an intentional censorship block Read more…
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Who needs govt web censorship when you have Tumblr?
ITEM: Microblogging site Tumblr banned “adult” content from its site as of December 17th. And the reasons behind it highlight the amount of control that web giants have over what people can and can’t see online. Read more…
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Thai govt seeks sweeping web powers with cybersecurity bill
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A proposed cybersecurity law in Thailand would give a new government agency sweeping powers to spy on internet traffic, order the removal of content, or even seize computers without judicial oversight, alarming Read more…
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Chinese authorities delete 9,800 social media news accounts
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top cyber authority has scrubbed 9,800 social media accounts of independent news providers deemed to have posted sensational, vulgar or politically harmful content on the Internet, it said late on Monday. Read more…
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Trade war tensions loom over China internet summit
WUZHEN, China (Reuters) – China should have a more prominent role in shaping the future of the global internet, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday in remarks that underscored how battle lines for control of Read more…
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China accused of exporting ‘digital authoritarianism’
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – China’s restrictive internet policy and digital surveillance has spread worldwide over the last two years, with its government training emerging market countries on process and its companies furnishing the tools, a Read more…
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China tightens screws on VPNs ahead of major trade shows
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have stepped up efforts to block virtual private networks (VPN), service providers said on Tuesday in describing a “cat and mouse” game with censors ahead of a major trade Read more…
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Vietnam activist jailed for anti-government posts on Facebook
HANOI (Reuters) – A court in Vietnam has jailed an activist for two years and three months on accusations of abusing democracy rights following anti-government posts on social media site Facebook, authorities said. Despite sweeping Read more…
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US lawmakers add pressure to Google over China plans
(Reuters) – A bipartisan group of 16 US lawmakers asked Google on Thursday if it would comply with China’s internet censorship and surveillance policies should it re-enter the Chinese search engine market. The questioning added Read more…
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EU wants extremist content deleted in one hour
STRASBOURG (Reuters) – The European Union’s chief executive on Wednesday proposed hefty fines on Google, Facebook, Twitter and other online platforms if they fail to remove extremist content within one hour. Brussels gave internet firms Read more…
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Tencent folds on Texas Hold’Em amid games crackdown
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Tencent will shut a popular Texas Hold’Em poker video game, the Chinese tech giant said to its users on Monday, in a further step to comply with intensifying government scrutiny hitting the Read more…
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Apple yanks gambling apps from China App Store
(Reuters) – Apple says it has pulled illegal lottery apps from its App Store in China amid tightening regulation and a barrage of criticism from state media. According to state media, the company has recently pulled Read more…
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China bans Tencent’s “Monster Hunter: World” game
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese regulators have blocked the sale of technology giant Tencent’s blockbuster video game “Monster Hunter: World”, less than a week after it was launched. The game, where players hunted fearsome creatures, Read more…
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Google is developing a censored search engine for China: report
BEIJING/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google plans to launch a version of its search engine in China that will block some websites and search terms, two sources said, in a move that could mark its return Read more…
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Lawmakers dare Facebook and Google to defy Vietnam cybersecurity law
HANOI (Reuters) – Seventeen US lawmakers have urged the CEOs of Facebook and Google to resist changes stipulated by a new cybersecurity law in Vietnam, which critics say gives the Communist-ruled state more power to Read more…
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Indonesia bans Tik Tok app due to very, very naughty content
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities said on Wednesday they had banned Chinese video app Tik Tok for containing “pornography, inappropriate content and blasphemy”. The ban, which went into effect on Tuesday, is temporary and can Read more…
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Hainan plans to lift Great Firewall … for foreign tourists, anyway
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s southern province of Hainan will offer foreigners unrestricted internet access to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as part of new incentives to boost tourism. The island province known as China’s Hawaii because Read more…
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Activists say Facebook may be helping quash dissent in Vietnam
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnamese human rights activists and independent media groups have written to Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, questioning whether the social media platform was helping suppress dissent in the communist country. The letter, Read more…