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How TikTok Became A US Security Concern
In 2020, Donald Trump accused TikTok, without proof, of siphoning off American users' data to benefit Beijing and of censoring posts to please Chinese officials.
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China Quickly Censors Official's Rare Remark Highlighting Covid Horror
Half a million people in a single Chinese city are being infected with Covid every day, a senior health official has said, in a rare and quickly censored acknowledgment that the country's wave of infections is not being reflected in statistics.
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TikTok Could Face US Ban as Lawmakers Announce Bipartisan Bid to Block App Over Spying, Censorship Concerns
TikTok could face a ban in the US, as lawmakers unveiled bipartisan legislation aimed at banning the Chinese video sharing app. The US is concerned that TikTok, which is owned by ByteDance, could be used to spy on 200 million American users and censor content on the popular social media app.
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"Oust The Dictator": China Sees Rare Protest Against Xi Jinping
Chinese social media censors have blocked posts, keywords, and hashtags related to the extremely rare public protest ahead of a landmark Chinese Communist Party (CCP) meeting that is scheduled to begin on October 16.
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Chinese Censors Change Ending Of 'Minions' Movie: Report
Censors in China have changed the conclusion of a recent animated film 'Minions: The Rise of Gru', according to The Guardian.
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China Censors Medical Site Critical Of Government's Herbal 'Covid Remedy'
A popular Chinese medical information site has been censored by authorities for "violation of relevant laws and regulations", months after its criticism of a government-backed herbal Covid-19 treatment sent shares in a pharmaceutical giant tumbling.
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"Misleading": China Leader's Quote On 5 Years Of 'Zero-Covid' Policy Removed
After a senior Communist Party official said that the "zero-covid" policy would remain in place in Beijing "for the next five years," Chinese censors removed his speech from the Internet.
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China Censors Own National Anthem Used To Protest Covid Curbs
People in Shanghai and other Chinese cities have been using words from national anthem to protest the stringent Covid curbs clamped on them.
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Lithuania Looks to Ban 'Untrustworthy' Phones After Chinese Censorship Concerns
Lithuania's Defence Ministry is drafting legislation to ban state institutions from purchasing "untrustworthy" equipment, after finding a censoring feature in a Chinese smartphone company's flagship phone, Margiris Abukevicius, deputy minister at the Defence Ministry said.
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Xiaomi Says Its Devices Do Not Censor Users Following Lithuania Report
Xiaomi said that its devices do not censor users' communications, a day after Lithuania's Defence Ministry recommended that consumers avoid Chinese phones due to a censoring feature in the smartphone giant's flagship phone.
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China Censors Oscars Success Of History-Making Chloe Zhao
Beijing-born Chloe Zhao was scrubbed from Chinese social media on Monday as a nationalist backlash airbrushed out her remarkable achievement of becoming the first woman of colour to win the best director Oscar.
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LinkedIn Rebuked by China for Failing to Control Political Content: Report
It seems Microsoft's professional networking site LinkedIn is in hot water in China as the country's internet regulator has reportedly rebuked the executive of the company this month for failing to control political content.
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Government Said to Quiz Owners of Banned Chinese Apps Over Content, Practices
Chinese companies such as TikTok-owner ByteDance have been asked by India to answer 77 questions about their apps that have been banned by New Delhi, including whether they censored content, worked on behalf of foreign governments or lobbied influencers.
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WeChat Monitors Files Shared by International Users to Bolster Censorship in China, Says Citizen Lab
Research group that found the Pegasus attack in WhatsApp, says WeChat has a system to monitor non-China accounts to censor documents and images for its Chinese users.
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TikTok Owner, Huawei Are Helping China's Campaign to Repress Uighur Muslims, Report Finds
Australian Strategic Policy Institute's International Cyber Policy Centre concluded that many Chinese tech companies "are engaged in deeply unethical behaviour in Xinjiang”.
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How TikTok Became A US Security Concern
In 2020, Donald Trump accused TikTok, without proof, of siphoning off American users' data to benefit Beijing and of censoring posts to please Chinese officials.
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China Quickly Censors Official's Rare Remark Highlighting Covid Horror
Half a million people in a single Chinese city are being infected with Covid every day, a senior health official has said, in a rare and quickly censored acknowledgment that the country's wave of infections is not being reflected in statistics.
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TikTok Could Face US Ban as Lawmakers Announce Bipartisan Bid to Block App Over Spying, Censorship Concerns
TikTok could face a ban in the US, as lawmakers unveiled bipartisan legislation aimed at banning the Chinese video sharing app. The US is concerned that TikTok, which is owned by ByteDance, could be used to spy on 200 million American users and censor content on the popular social media app.
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"Oust The Dictator": China Sees Rare Protest Against Xi Jinping
Chinese social media censors have blocked posts, keywords, and hashtags related to the extremely rare public protest ahead of a landmark Chinese Communist Party (CCP) meeting that is scheduled to begin on October 16.
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Chinese Censors Change Ending Of 'Minions' Movie: Report
Censors in China have changed the conclusion of a recent animated film 'Minions: The Rise of Gru', according to The Guardian.
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China Censors Medical Site Critical Of Government's Herbal 'Covid Remedy'
A popular Chinese medical information site has been censored by authorities for "violation of relevant laws and regulations", months after its criticism of a government-backed herbal Covid-19 treatment sent shares in a pharmaceutical giant tumbling.
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"Misleading": China Leader's Quote On 5 Years Of 'Zero-Covid' Policy Removed
After a senior Communist Party official said that the "zero-covid" policy would remain in place in Beijing "for the next five years," Chinese censors removed his speech from the Internet.
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China Censors Own National Anthem Used To Protest Covid Curbs
People in Shanghai and other Chinese cities have been using words from national anthem to protest the stringent Covid curbs clamped on them.
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Lithuania Looks to Ban 'Untrustworthy' Phones After Chinese Censorship Concerns
Lithuania's Defence Ministry is drafting legislation to ban state institutions from purchasing "untrustworthy" equipment, after finding a censoring feature in a Chinese smartphone company's flagship phone, Margiris Abukevicius, deputy minister at the Defence Ministry said.
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Xiaomi Says Its Devices Do Not Censor Users Following Lithuania Report
Xiaomi said that its devices do not censor users' communications, a day after Lithuania's Defence Ministry recommended that consumers avoid Chinese phones due to a censoring feature in the smartphone giant's flagship phone.
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China Censors Oscars Success Of History-Making Chloe Zhao
Beijing-born Chloe Zhao was scrubbed from Chinese social media on Monday as a nationalist backlash airbrushed out her remarkable achievement of becoming the first woman of colour to win the best director Oscar.
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LinkedIn Rebuked by China for Failing to Control Political Content: Report
It seems Microsoft's professional networking site LinkedIn is in hot water in China as the country's internet regulator has reportedly rebuked the executive of the company this month for failing to control political content.
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Government Said to Quiz Owners of Banned Chinese Apps Over Content, Practices
Chinese companies such as TikTok-owner ByteDance have been asked by India to answer 77 questions about their apps that have been banned by New Delhi, including whether they censored content, worked on behalf of foreign governments or lobbied influencers.
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WeChat Monitors Files Shared by International Users to Bolster Censorship in China, Says Citizen Lab
Research group that found the Pegasus attack in WhatsApp, says WeChat has a system to monitor non-China accounts to censor documents and images for its Chinese users.
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TikTok Owner, Huawei Are Helping China's Campaign to Repress Uighur Muslims, Report Finds
Australian Strategic Policy Institute's International Cyber Policy Centre concluded that many Chinese tech companies "are engaged in deeply unethical behaviour in Xinjiang”.
