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Beijing appears to be demanding that Chinese AI models have 'socialist values'
Beijing's aggressive ideological requirements regarding its homegrown LLMs could hold China's AI se…
Beatrice Nolan
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This Chinese video game based on a novel from the year 1592 has become one of the most popular ever in a matter of days
'Black Myth: Wukong' hit 2.3 million concurrent players on Steam in just two days, overcoming backl…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Chinese streaming platforms censor LGBT conversations in 'Friends,' reports say
China has a history of censoring LGBT content, especially on television shows since it introduced i…
Sam Tabahriti
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Video shows how Chinese censors struggled to keep up with the scantily clad dancers in Megan Thee Stallion's Coachella performance
During a live stream of the rapper's performance on the Chinese social media platform WeChat, a bla…
Waiyee Yip
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Keanu Reeves' movies have been removed from Chinese streaming platforms over his support for Tibet: report
The deleted films include some of Reeves' biggest hits like "Speed" and "The Matrix" trilogy, the L…
Waiyee Yip
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Chinese translators offered a watered-down version of the Paralympic Committee president's anti-war speech during the Games' opening ceremony
China has avoided condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Its state broadcaster, CCTV, has also ke…
Weilun Soon
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Angry Chinese people are using a US embassy social-media page to dodge censors and vent about its slumping economy
Chinese investors have used a social media account belonging to the US Embassy to voice concerns ab…
Mikhaila Friel
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LinkedIn is blocking the Chinese profiles of journalists and researchers over 'prohibited content' not approved by the government
LinkedIn said it adheres to Chinese laws to operate there, but one blocked user told Insider the fi…
Katie Canales
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A Chinese news outlet accidentally leaked its own censorship instructions on Russia-Ukraine coverage: report
A social media account under Beijing News accidentally posted instructions to its Weibo account for…
Jake Lahut
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LinkedIn is shutting down its Chinese site after drawing criticism for censoring profiles with content considered offensive to the country's government
LinkedIn is ending its version in China after censoring accounts of reporters and researchers shari…
Sarah Jackson
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The Chinese government might be releasing videos to reassure the world that Peng Shuai is alive and well, but her presence on the country's social media has been scrubbed clean
Mentions of Peng — who accused a top Chinese official of sexually assaulting her — appear to have b…
Cheryl Teh
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Lithuania's defense ministry told people to throw away Chinese-made phones, claiming they can automatically censor people's texts
The phones can detect and censor terms like "free Tibet," "long live Taiwan independence" or "democ…
Sinéad Baker
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As Jack Ma reportedly lays low, Chinese regulators are trying to push his fintech giant Ant Group to share consumer data with Beijing, according to the WSJ
Chinese regulators believe Ant Group has an unfair advantage over other lenders, officials and gove…
Kate Duffy
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Brands like Adidas and Nike are being blurred out on Chinese TV in retaliation for Xinjiang cotton comments
After several Western brands expressed concern about forced labor in China, many in the country are…
Julie Gerstein
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Amazon blocked more than 150 LGBTQ-related search keywords in the UAE after the government threatened the company
Insider found no results for broad search terms such as "lgbtq," "pride," and "queer" on Amazon.ae …
Weilun Soon
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Xi Jinping says China has consulted millions of citizens about its government as part of a 'whole-process democracy' that Beijing claims is better than the West's
While Xi claimed that 8.54 million opinions had been gathered, it's unclear if the views accurately…
Matthew Loh
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ByteDance tried to build an algorithm to censor Uighur livestreams on TikTok's Chinese sister app, a former employee has claimed
The ex-ByteDance employee said the company tried to make an algorithm to censor Uighur livestreams …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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China plans to have every single comment reviewed before it's published on social media
Social media users are concerned that the proposed rules will further restrict what they can post o…
Waiyee Yip
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Pixar's 'Lightyear,' which features a same-sex kiss, may not survive censorship in the world's largest movie market
Chris Evans, the actor who voiced the film's titular character, Buzz Lightyear, said it was "frustr…
Weilun Soon
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One of China's biggest influencers may have unintentionally introduced fans to the heavily censored Tiananmen Square Massacre while promoting ice cream
Li Jiaqi promoted a tank-shaped ice cream online, a day before the anniversary of the bloody event,…