Facebook will ‘pause’ responses to data requests from Hong Kong

Posted on 06/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

China just recently imposed a new national security law on Hong Kong, a region not subject to the country’s restrictive “Great Firewall” that censors the internet throughout the country. However, legal experts believe the new law gives police the pow...

Zoom waffles on the fate of US-based Chinese activist’s account

Posted on 11/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Last week, Zoom closed a paid, US-based account after it hosted an event commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. The event spanned global borders, and some participants dialed in from China, which continues to censor any...

Apple pressured to remove respected podcast app Pocket Casts in China

Posted on 11/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Apple has pulled Pocket Casts, one of the most popular podcast apps on iOS, from its App Store in China. China’s regulator made the demand to Pocket Casts through Apple, according a Pocket Casts Twitter thread. It was told that the app “include[s] co...

The Trojan Horse in Trump’s anti-Twitter executive order

Posted on 05/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Approximately 100 years ago (May 28, 2020) the White House put social media websites in its (very crowded) crosshairs. This was in the form of an executive order to regulate what Mr. Trump believes to be online censorship, specifically calling Twitte...

YouTube blames bug for censoring comments on China’s ruling party

Posted on 26/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

For the past six months, YouTube has been automatically deleting two Chinese phrases that are frequently used to criticize the Communist Party of China (CCP). Google says it's investigating the issue, which The Verge was among the first to report on....

China arrested former Huawei staff for talking about Iran deal online

Posted on 26/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Huawei flatly denies being under control of the Chinese government, but there’s little doubt that China is eager to defend its technological superstar — at least, with a little prodding. The New York Times has learned that Chinese police arrested fiv...

China orders TikTok owner to pull work app that bypassed censors

Posted on 25/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

TikTok owner ByteDance has been accused of censorship abroad, but it’s facing just the opposite claims in its home territory. China’s Cyberspace Administration has ordered ByteDance to temporarily pull its collaborative work app Feishu for roughly a...

China, Huawei propose internet protocol with a built-in killswitch

Posted on 30/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

China, Huawei and Chinese carriers want to redesign a key aspect of the internet -- and while there may be some upsides, their ideas have raised some alarm bells. The Financial Times understands that the group has proposed a new internet protocol at...

TikTok will stop using China-based moderators to screen foreign content

Posted on 16/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

TikTok has already taken steps to reassure the world that the Chinese government doesn't control its app overseas, including the use of non-Chinese moderators for the US and plans for a transparency center. However, it's taking things one step furth...

‘Minecraft’ library helps you dodge news media censorship

Posted on 15/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

There are numerous ways to evade censorship of the press, but it's getting increasingly difficult when countries like China and Russia are cracking down on VPNs and similar tools. Reporters Without Borders thinks it has the answer to those mounting...

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