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China is reportedly scrubbing the internet of negative coverage of its economy
Beijing has been grappling with severe real estate troubles and a deep bear market in stocks. Repor…
Phil Rosen
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China's sophisticated censorship engine is being pushed to 'its max' as it struggles to keep protest videos off the internet, experts say
China's censorship tools could be overwhelmed as hundreds of videos of China's protests and rallies…
Aaron Mok
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Russians are flocking to VPNs as Putin closes off the Russian internet in a crackdown against dissent
Downloads for the top 10 VPNs in Russia increased by 4,375%, according to estimates from analysis s…
Matthew Loh
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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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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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A top open-internet advocate supports banning TikTok as a way to punish China over internet censorship
Wu wrote that the "privilege" of the US' open internet should only be available "to companies from …
Paige Leskin
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Giraffes appear to be on a path to joining the ranks of Winnie the Pooh and Peppa Pig on Beijing's internet watchlist
Giraffes aren't outright banned on Weibo, but hashtags like #TheGiraffeIncident were blocked when t…
Matthew Loh
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An app that allowed people in China to skirt the nation's internet ban to use Facebook and Google launched last week — then it disappeared
The Chinese government blocks the popular apps like Facebook and Twitter. Tuber, an app that lets p…
Katie Canales
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Naomi Osaka says she's 'proud' of the WTA for how it's handled the Peng Shuai situation in China
"I think the WTA — the whole organization — they handled it really well," Osaka said, referring to …
Meredith Cash
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China bars celebrities from showing off wealth and 'extravagant pleasure' on social media, saying pop stars must comply with 'core socialist values'
Social-media platforms must monitor the accounts of celebrities and report violations to the state …
Hannah Towey
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Internet blocked in J&K till March 4 as official say private networks are being misused
Internet restrictions in Jammu & Kashmir will remain operative till March 4 as the J&K administrati…
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LinkedIn told a China expert remove all mention of the Tiananmen Square massacre from his profile or they would block it in China
A writer on China has been told his LinkedIn profile will be blocked in the country if he does not …
Mia Jankowicz
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An internet hoax has dragged a popular China stationery company into the protests against the country's harsh COVID-19 restrictions
A fake document was shared online after demonstrators used blank sheets of paper to protest the Chi…
Rebecca Cohen
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Encrypted messaging app Signal appears to be blocked in China alongside Jack Ma's Alibaba browser, as Beijing cracks down on social-media platforms
Signal, the encrypted messaging app, is the second social-media app to be reportedly blocked in Chi…
Kate Duffy
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Mark Zuckerberg reportedly wants to follow in Elon Musk and Tim Cook's footsteps, and sell products in China but his past criticisms of China could haunt him
The Meta CEO wants to sell the Quest VR headset in China, after slamming the country's censorship p…
Aaron Mok
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China launched a tip line so citizens can report internet users who insult the Communist party online
China's cyber regulator encouraged people to report fellow internet users who "distort" the Communi…
Cheryl Teh
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Ex-NBA player raised in Turkey slams Twitter censorship: 'I don't want to hear about Elon Musk talking about free speech ever again. He's literally bowing down to a dictatorship'
Enes Kanter Freedom, an outspoken critic of Turkey's incumbent president, said Elon Musk "picked bu…
Britney Nguyen
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Apple appeared to exclude an app for Hong Kong's pro-democracy election from the App Store, giving a glimpse of the censorship residents could expect under China
PopVote said Apple ignored multiple messages as it tried to be approved on the App Store for use in…
Bill Bostock
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China wants its AI to only say nice things about the communist party. Good luck with that.
AI must reflect China's "socialist core values" and avoid undermining "state power," according to p…
Alistair Barr
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The Trump ban across social media wasn't censorship - it was a series of editorial decisions by media companies that call themselves social platforms
Becca Lewis says the difference between how social media companies present themselves and how they …